Michelangelo, George Bull
Michelangelo, George Bull
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Michelangelo

Author: George Bull

Narrator: Nadia May

Unabridged: 18 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Synopsis

Michelangelo was recognized during his lifetime as the greatest living artist, creator of a number of masterpieces in sculpture, fresco painting, and architecture. He impressed his contemporaries as a forceful personality, a divine genius endowed with intense emotional power. Often portrayed as a solitary and austere figure, he in fact enjoyed a remarkable range of friendships, and those he loved and hated, served or resisted are presented here, from his family and fellow artists to the popes, nobles, and rulers of Europe.George Bull places Michelangelo firmly in the context of his time. He worked during threequarters of a century of tremendous change in European society, and as an artist was supremely responsive to the hopes, fears, and values of his culture, which he both exemplified and defied. Bull traces the life and spiritual quest of Michelangelo, man and artist, and brings to the narrative an exceptional feel for the Italian Renaissance.

About George Bull

George Bull is an author and journalist, and has been foreign news editor of the Financial Times and editor-in-chief of The Director magazine. He has translated several volumes for Penguin Classics, including Machiavelli’s The Prince, Cellini’s Autobiography, and Vasari’s Lives of the Artists. He has also translated Condivi’s Life in his Michelangelo: Life, Letters and Poetry. George Bull has written books on Venice and the Renaissance, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in London, and is married with four children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Belinda

4,5 stars - English Ebook The sculpture Pieta launched Michelangelo Buonarroti on a long, tempestuous career buffeted by his genius and the tangled political fortunes of his patrons, the Medici and the papacy. Thecauthor, a translator of Italian Renaissance classics,including Michelangelo's letters,......more

Goodreads review by ExtremeBibliophile

Took me a longer time than usual for me to finish this-I was also re-reading "Blood and Beauty" by Sarah Dunant at the same time so it was an Italian Renaissance double bill. This is a scholarly academic biography but still despite the length and detail, a compelling read. The enmeshment of the Cath......more

Goodreads review by Gunner

Great biography of one of the great artists of all time, I would highly recommend finding a good picture guide to the works as he describes them.......more

Goodreads review by Annie

everything you ever wanted to know about the artiste himself. Fascinating stuff, full of corrupt popes, political intrigue, and neurotic artists. Still, this author needs to take a page from the Da Vinci Code and make it a little easier to read. Reading this book is kind of like wading through mud,......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie

I feel slightly uncultured by giving this book two stars, but I honestly struggle bussed my way through the whole thing. I've never taken an art history class and since we're going to heart of renaissance art, I figured I'd better know my stuff before attempting to make intelligent observations at a......more

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