Franklin Library: SIGNED 60: IRVING STONE: AGONY AND THE ECSTASY: MICHELANGELO

Description: Franklin Library leather edition of Irving Stone's "The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Novel of Michelangelo," a Limited edition, Illustrated by Bruce Waldeman, one of the SIGNED 60 series, published in 1977. Bound in deep burgundy leather, the book has burgundy French moire silk end leaves, satin book marker, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, hubbed spine, gold gilt on three edges---in near Fine condition. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, who lived from 1475--1564, known simply as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence. He exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. His artistic versatility was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival, the fellow Florentine, Leonardo da Vinci. Several scholars have described Michelangelo as the greatest artist of his age and even as the greatest artist of all time. A number of Michelangelo's works of painting, sculpture and architecture rank among the most famous in existence. His output in these fields was prodigious; given the sheer volume of surviving correspondence, sketches and reminiscences, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. He sculpted two of his best-known works, the PIETA and DAVID, before the age of thirty. Despite holding a low opinion of painting, he also created two of the most influential frescoes in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the SISTINE CHAPEL in Rome, and THE LAST JUDGMENT on its altar wall. At the age of 74, he succeeded Antonio da Sangalloo the Younger as the architect of ST. PETER'S BASILICA. He transformed the plan so that the western end was finished to his design, as was the dome, with some modification, after his death. In his lifetime, Michelangelo was often called Il Divino ("the divine one"). His contemporaries often admired his terribilità—his ability to instill a sense of awe. 844 pages. I offer Combined shipping.

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