Ross King from HarperCollins Publishers
Ross King is the author of the New York Times bestselling Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling and Brunelleschi's Dome-selected by BookSense as the Best Nonfiction Book of 2001-in addition to several novels. Born and raised in Canada, King moved ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Michelangelo: The Frescoes of Sistine Chapel
Loved it!: This was a wonderful book at a really good price. The pictures are quite good, showing a lot of detail and clarity. The narrative is enjoyable as well. This book will make you want to go to Rome and see the real thing up close! (This is also a [... more]
CDN$54.13
Amazon CA |
Susan Cahill
Take a Roman holiday with some of the world's greatest writers Explore the Palatine with Elizabeth Bowen. Visit the temple of the Vestal Virgins with Georgina Masson. Analyze Michelangelo's Moses with Sigmund Freud. Stroll through ancient streets ... [... more]
Random House |
Victoria Finlay
Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors. For example: Cleopatra used saffron-a source of the color yellow-for seduction. Extracted from an Afghan mine, the blue "ultramarine" paint used by Michelangelo was so expensive [... more]
Random House |
Eric Scigliano
Eric Scigliano, currently an editor at Seattle Metropolitan magazine, has reported on maritime and environmental issues for more than 20 years. His books include Puget Sound, Michelangelo's Mountain, and Love, War and Circuses. [... more]
Harper Collins |
The Young Michelangelo: The Artist in Rome, 1496-1501 ...
An excellent addition for the Michelangelophile.: This book covers the evolution of the young Michelangelo's abilities as an artist, as well as the available details of how he spent his time during the period. The authors give persuasive argument for [... more]
CDN$37.12
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Michelangelo and The Pope's Ceiling
Tremendously focused and comprehensive history: Appreciators of art, particularly the classics, will have a field day with Ross King's Michelangelo & The Pope's Ceiling, not just because it gives a blow-by-blow account of how one man, figuratively if [... more]
CDN$21.95
Amazon CA |
The Life Of Michelangelo
This is a must read for anyone interested in Michelangelo.: Condivi's account of the life of Michelangelo Buonarroti is a wonderful resource for fascinating stories on the artist as well as an incite into the artist himself. It is repetitious of Vasari's [... more]
CDN$27.00
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Michelangelo
comprehensive, but: ..most of the plates are in black and white and not of a very high definition. i also wished for more detail plates of the major works. still, though, a decent value for the price. Photos galore!: This is an excellent resource if you [... more]
CDN$45.00
Amazon CA |
Complete Poems and Selected Letters of Michelangelo
Artistic words: For many years, I belonged to a reading group who explored different angles of diversity in literature; Michelangelo's poetry was one of the books we used, as it gave us the opportunity to explore different aspects at the same time. How [... more]
CDN$29.05
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Michelangelo Life Drawings
definately worth the \oprice\c: this is a collection of 46 figure drawings michelangelo did. michelangelo was a master painter and sculptor, he rendered figures more beautifully than any other artist ever has. most of the drawings in this book are [... more]
CDN$7.95
Amazon CA |
Michelangelo: Vatican Frescoes
From Amazon.com: The restoration of Michelangelo's magnificent frescoes in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel stirred up much controversy and debate among scholars, art historians, and art lovers alike. Originally painted in the late 15th century, it took [... more]
CDN$100.00
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