Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King

Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling

Ross King

7 hours, 25 minutes first pub 2003 (editions) user-added

nonfiction art biography history tense slow-paced
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In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel. With little experience as a painter (though famed for his sculpture David), Michelange...

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