Michelangelo Buonarroti

This is the most magnificent and most comprehensive volume ever published on Michelangelo and his work. It is a companion volume to the monumental work on Leonardo da Vinci published in 1956, of which there are now over 150,000 in print. Michelangelo and Leonardo were the two great geniuses of the Italian Renaissance and this book, like the one on Leonardo, brings the full scope of the artist's achievements vividly to life. Compiled by outstanding...

A biography of Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the fifteenth century, Michelangelo.

Text and numerous color and and black-and-white reproductions present the work of the artist, describe his career achievements, and his personal life.