This book me a long time to read because it is a long book about a man with a long life. Michaelangelo lived to be 90, and every step of the way he suffered agony and ecstasy for his art... in other words, he whined alot.
The book spanned Michaelangelo's entire life, and included some discussion about his artistic process and his beliefs on religion. It was a biography, and included the banal things that occur in everyone's life inbetween all the drama... so it was hard to read at some points.
It was definitely interesting to see what life was like in that period, especially the life of someone who was so immersed with so many powerful people. But his artistic temperment caused him to whine alot, although his life and works would be far less astounding if he didn't.
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