Michelangelo And The Pope's Ceiling, Paperback - Ross King

In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Nevertheless, for the next four years he and a hand-p...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Ross KingNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 197 x 144 x 22Cover type: Paperback /...

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This book recounts the exciting rediscovery of Giorgio Vasari's painting Allegory of Patience, painted in 1551-52 for the Bishop of Arezzo, Vasari'...

Today most of us enjoy the work of famed Renaissance artist Michelangelo by perusing art books or strolling along the galleries of a museum--and th...

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