Michelangelo: His Epic Life by Gayford, Martin - 2015

London: Fig Tree, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Nr Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is an unused, unmarked book, there is one near invisible crease along the spine but otherwise fine. Dust-jacket unblemished. May incur additional postage charges outside Europe.

London: Fig Tree; Penguin, 2013. xxv, 661 pages, illustrations (some colour), 1 map; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "This is a new biography of Michelangelo by Martin Gayford, the acclaimed author of 'Constable in Love' and 'The Yellow House'. There was an epic sweep to Michelangelo's life. At 31 he was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world; long before he died at almost 90 he was widely believed to be the greatest sculptor or painter who had ever lived (and, by his enemies, to be an arrogant, uncouth, swindling miser). For decade after decade, he worked near the dynamic centre of events: the vortex at which European history was changing from Renaissance to Counter Reformation. Few of his works - including the huge frescoes of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, the marble giant 'David' and 'the Last Judgment' - were… Read More

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