An edition of The Agony and the Ecstasy (1969)

The Agony and the Ecstasy

A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo

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Cover of: The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone, Irving Stone
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An edition of The Agony and the Ecstasy (1969)

The Agony and the Ecstasy

A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.6 (8 ratings) ·
  • 40 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 9 Have read

Dramatizes the life of the Renaissance artistic genius Michelangelo, recalls his love affairs, his disputes with cardinals and popes, and his years of working on the Sistine Chapel.

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NAL Trade
Language
English
Pages
784

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Subjects

Fiction, Artists, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Artists, fiction, Italy, fiction, Fiction, general

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Cover of: The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
September 7, 2004, NAL Trade
in English
Cover of: The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
March 3, 1987, Signet
in English

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First Sentence

"HE SAT before the mirror of the second-floor bedroom sketching his lean cheeks with their high bone ridges, the flat broad forehead, and ears too far back on the head, the dark hair curling forward in thatches, the amber-colored eyes wide-set but heavy-lidded."

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3537.T669 A75 2004, PZ3.S87872 Ag, PZ3.S87872

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7574599M
Internet Archive
agonyecstasynove0000ston
ISBN 10
0451213238
ISBN 13
9780451213235
LCCN
61006520
OCLC/WorldCat
56555113, 290570
Library Thing
56996
Goodreads
40473

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Work Description

Mr. Stone gives his signature style and thought to this story of Michelangelo. He points out often in this book that Michelangelo, before beginning a work, asks what it is he is trying to capture in the moment of his painting, sculpture, or poem. So it is with Mr. Stone. He wants to portray, as close as he can find, the moments of the life of this artist. What shaped him, what he loved, what (and whom) he hated. At the moments Stone writes of. A great book, and one I hope to read again.

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