Michelangelo (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Ripley
- First Published: 1964
- Time of Work: 1475–1559
- Setting: Italy
- Principal Characters: Michelangelo Buonarotti, Ludovico Buonarotti, Ghirlandaio, Lorenzo de’ Medici, Julius II, Clement VII, Vittoria Colona, Paul III
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Art or artists, Religion, Italy or Italians, Renaissance, Sculpting or sculptors, Biography
- Locales: Italy
Form and Content
With Michelangelo, Elizabeth Ripley creates an introductory biography on the life of one of the world’s most well known artists. Written in a simple and straightforward style, the book narrates Michelangelo’s life from his birth in 1475 to his death in 1564, noting his struggles and his remarkable achievements.
Ripley relates how, even as a child, Michelangelo aspired to be an artist. Although he initially studied painting, his instructor, Ghirlandaio, soon observed that Michelangelo’s figures seemed more carved than painted and suggested...
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