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Michelangelo, God's Architect : The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece by William E. Wallace (2021, Trade Paperback)

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Finalist for the Marfield Prize (The National Award for Arts Writing), Arts Club of Washington The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades--and his transformation into the master architect of St. Peter's Basilica As he entered his seventies, Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were over. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme Renaissance painter and sculptor began carving his own tomb. It was at this unlikely moment that Michelangelo was given charge of the most ambitious and daunting project of his long creative life -- the design and construction of St. Peter's Basilica. In this richly illustrated book, William Wallace tells for the first time the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades -- and of how the artist transformed himself into one of the greatest architects of the Renaissance. 'A riveting experience for lovers of any art form...[Wallace] reveals here his masterly skills as a biographer.' -- Peter Marks, Washington Post 'Poignant...[Wallace] relies on his own experience to take bold risks as a writer, pushing the haphazard evidence that survives from sixteenth-century Rome to bring the city and its people to life.' -- Ingrid D. Rowland, New York Review of Books 'Wallace's Michelangelo is marvellously human.' -- Michael Bird, The Telegraph 'This book not only helps us understand Michelangelo and his work on St. Peter's Basilica, it allows us all to reflect on how we hope to fathom the meaning of our own lives.' -- Walter Isaacson, author of Leonardo da Vinci '[Wallace] brings the man alive.' -- James Stevens Curl , Times Higher Education 'Wallace brilliantly evokes the day-to-day life of the project as Michelangelo struggled to resolve its many difficulties.' -- Catherine Fletcher, Literary Review

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691212759
ISBN-13
9780691212753
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22050072660

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Book Title
Michelangelo, God's Architect : the Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
Author
William E. Wallace
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, History / Renaissance
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Art, Architecture
Number of Pages
328 Pages

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Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz

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Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Na1123.B9
Reviews
" Michelangelo, God's Architect represents the culmination of a career dedicated almost entirely to this single, engrossing figure. . . . Wallace's book is a model of deep scholarship brought to life with lively prose through the integration of sixteenth century documents on almost every page. . . . A rollicking good story." ---Cammy Brothers, Journal for the Society of Architectural Historians, [ Michelangelo, God's Architect ] paints a complex portrait of this tortured and talented Renaissance man and excavates a lesser-known but crucial final chapter of the artist's approximately 75-year career....[An] extremely readable, engaging book. -Lauren Moya Ford, Hyperallergic
Dewey Decimal
720.92
Dewey Edition
23

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