Suffering and ecstasy.
Biographical novel written by a well known for many years in Irving Stone. The novel is a biography best day Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarotti, fully shows the life and work of excesses from 13 years of age hero. Stone introduces us very well in the world of Renaissance humanism. The atmosphere of the times the good dwell in our hearts-after reading this book, our heads will be richer by a lot of knowledge on the dose, not only the work of this excellent artist, but also of the customs and traditions, and even the history of the history, which resided. The author of this book took a lot of time gathering information on subjects related to the life and works of Michelangelo, through a number of travel for that purpose, which results in lots of interesting details. The book contains a lot of information about the court Medyceuszy in which M. is a young angel stayed and worked, also contains quite a large dose of facts about the family Buonarottiego. It describes the relationship combined it with his father and beloved grandmother, the author leads us not only by the technical details of the artist, reveals the emotions. The book seemingly appears to be boring, but when we start to read it do not give advice to break away from her, and not just connoisseurs of art and subject experts will find something for themselves, the pieces are, and even horror such as accurate descriptions of the autopsy in the illicit hospital morgue for the poor. Undoubtedly, this is a great book for lovers of beauty and culture of the Italian temperament and what is not short to read.