The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of by Irving Stone

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Celebrating the five hundredth anniversary of Michelangelo's David, New American Library releases a unique variation of Irving Stone's vintage biographical novel-in which either the artist and the guy are dropped at lifestyles in complete. A masterpiece in its personal correct, this novel deals a compelling portrait of Michelangelo's risky, impassioned loves, and the God-driven fury from which he wrested the best paintings the realm has ever recognized.

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Lucrezia di Antonio di Sandro Ubaldini da Gagliano's name was longer than the written list of her dowry; else why should so young a woman marry a forty-three-year-old graying widower with five sons, and cook for a household of nine Buonarroti? Each morning she rose at four o'clock in order to reach the market square at the same time the contadini arrived through the cobbled streets with their pony carts filled with fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs and cheese, meats and poultry. If she did not actually help the peasants unload, at least she lightened their burden by selecting while the produce was still in the air and before it had a chance to settle in the stalls: the tenderest, slender green beans and piselli, peas, unblemished figs, peaches.

But before this solid confrontation the artist felt a grudging admiration. He lived up to his reputation of being a man "lovable and loved" by saying: "It's obvious we shall never get the Tornabuoni choir finished without your invaluable help. " Out on the Via dei Tavolini once again, with the early morning merchants and shoppers swirling about them, Granacci threw an arm affectionately about the smaller boy's shoulder. "You broke every rule. " Michelangelo flashed his friend one of his rare warming smiles, the amber-colored eyes with their yellow and blue specks sparkling.

Francesco said in a hoarse voice: "Michelangelo, you couldn't see a crow in a bowlful of milk! " The boy was furious at the accusation. "I have as much pride in our name as anyone. Why can't I learn to do fine work that all Florence will be proud of, as they are of Ghiberti's doors and Donatello's sculptures and Ghirlandaio's frescoes? " Lodovico put his hand on the boy's shoulder, calling him Michelagnolo, his pet name. This was his favorite of the five sons, for whom he had the highest hopes; it was this affection that had given him courage to spend money for three years of schooling at Urbino's.

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