I've often looked for a good book about this fascinating and controversial early 17th c. artists, but never found the right one. Some are overly long and dry, some are sensational (not in a good way) and others are just picture books. This one though seemed to do the trick. The author has a real ...
Michelangelo chose to decorate these awkward spaces with four more scenes from the Old Testament, creating a subordinate level of narrative below his story of the origins of the world and of human existence. They all depict episodes in which the people of Israel are miraculously saved from evil, ...