The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
by Irving Stone | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0451146921 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0451146921 Global Overview for this book
Registered by grubsneerg of Greensburg, Pennsylvania USA on 6/13/2007
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Bought at the YWCA Literacy Council book sale at Westmoreland Mall, Greensburg, Pa., long before I knew about BookCrossing.
From the back cover: "His time--the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring Popes, the all-powerful de' Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola ... His loves--the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici, the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi; and his last love, his greatest love--the beautiful, unhappy Vittoria Colonna ... His genius--a God-driven fury from which he wrested the greates art the world has ever known ... Michelangelo Buonarroti ... creator of David, painter of the Sistine ceiling, architect of the dome of St. Peter's, lives once more ..."
From the back cover: "His time--the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring Popes, the all-powerful de' Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola ... His loves--the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici, the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi; and his last love, his greatest love--the beautiful, unhappy Vittoria Colonna ... His genius--a God-driven fury from which he wrested the greates art the world has ever known ... Michelangelo Buonarroti ... creator of David, painter of the Sistine ceiling, architect of the dome of St. Peter's, lives once more ..."
Journal Entry 2 by grubsneerg at Little Free Library #1670 - Twin Lakes Expansion in Greensburg, Pennsylvania USA on Sunday, May 8, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (5/7/2016 UTC) at Little Free Library #1670 - Twin Lakes Expansion in Greensburg, Pennsylvania USA
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Left in the Little Free Library shortly before 5 p.m.
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Removed from the Little Free Library since it had not been chosen. Will find another release spot for it soon!
Journal Entry 4 by grubsneerg at Little Free Library #1670 - Twin Lakes Expansion in Greensburg, Pennsylvania USA on Thursday, November 9, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (11/9/2017 UTC) at Little Free Library #1670 - Twin Lakes Expansion in Greensburg, Pennsylvania USA
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Trying again! Left in the Little Free Library around 2:30 p.m.
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