Michael Angelo Buonarroti / With Translations Of The Life Of The Master By His Scholar, Ascanio Condivi, And Three Dialogues From The Portugese By Francisco d'Ollanda

A comprehensive life of the artist that pairs a curator’s critical narrative with full translations of his pupil Ascanio Condivi’s contemporary Vita and three dialogues by Francisco d'Ollanda. It traces family origins, early training, patronage, and creative methods, recounts major projects across sculpture, painting, and architecture, and draws on letters and anecdotes to illuminate temperament and workshop practice. The volume includes illustrations, an appendix of works, a bibliography, and critical notes mapping stylistic development and key commissions.