The Agony and the Ecstasy is a biographical novel of Michelangelo Buonarroti written by American author Irving Stone. Stone lived in Italy for years visiting many of the locations in Rome and Florence
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Wooden Crucifix at Santa Croce by Donatello, 1406–1408
Wooden Crucifix at Santa Maria Novella by Brunelleschi, 1410–1415
Baptism of Christ, Tornabuoni Chapel
Vittoria Colonna
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Vittoria Colonna, Marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet. As an educated and married noblewoman whose husband was in captivity, Colonna was able to develop relationships within the
The Agony and the Ecstasy (novel)
…Love: Michelangelo paints The Last Judgment first for Clement and then, upon his passing, Pope Paul III. He also begins deep friendships with both Vittoria Colonna and Tommaso dei Cavalieri. The Dome: Michelangelo finally finishes his tomb for Julius and is named architect of St. Peter's Basilica despite opposition…
Vittoria Colonna, by Sebastiano del Piombo, c. 1520
Vittoria Colonna, drawing by Michelangelo. Colonna was approximately 50 and Michelangelo 65 at the time of the drawing.
The title page of a 1559 edition of Colonna's poetry.
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