An internationally recognized authority on Michelangelo, William E. Wallace is the Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History at Washington University, St Louis. He has received fellowships from Villa I Tatti, Harvard University's Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence, and the American Academy in Rome. The author of Michelangelo at San Lorenzo, he served as the principal consultant for The Divine Michelangelo, a two-part file produced by the BBC, and he recently completed a 36-lecture audiovisual course entitled 'The Genius of Michelangelo' for The Teaching Company.

Review of the hardback: 'Immensely readable … with many well-chosen quotations and overlooked facts which portray Michelangelo as a more rounded and less clichéd character than has hitherto been understood.' The Art Newspaper

Part I. Introduction: Note to the reader; 1. Rome, 1496; 2. Aristocrat of artists; 3. Rise to prominence; 4. Papal summons; 5. Rome, 1508–1516; 6. Florence, 1515–1525; 7. A week in the life; 8. Florence, 1525–1534; Part II: 9. Rome, 1534–42; 10. Rome, 1542–45; 11. Papal architect, Rome, 1546–49; 12. New friends, diminishing family; 13. St Peter's; 14. Late work, long life; 15. Final years; 16. Return to Florence.

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