Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
by Ross King
How a sculptor who hated painting created the Sistine Chapel ceiling—mastering perspective, chemistry, and sublime art under Pope Julius II.
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by Ross King
How a sculptor who hated painting created the Sistine Chapel ceiling—mastering perspective, chemistry, and sublime art under Pope Julius II.
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A thriller exploring papal election and the question of power and those who seek it.
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