The Christian Science Monitor, January 16th, 2003
Byline: Merle Rubin
The story of Michelangelo's struggle to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling
is one of legendary proportions. It even found its way onto the big screen in the 1965 film "The Agony and the Ecstasy," based on Irving Stone's popular biographical novel. The incredible difficulties of painting a huge vaulted ceiling in the demanding medium of fresco provide drama enough. Add to this the fiery personalities of the artist and his exalted client, Pope Julius II, and you have a story of grand proportions.
But, as Ross King hastens to point out in his new book, "Michelangelo and the...
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