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Michelangelo's mountain : the quest for perfection in the marble quarries of Carrara / Eric Scigliano.
Fine Arts Library NB623.B9 S39 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scigliano, Eric, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti.
- Sculptors--Italy--Biography.
- Sculptors.
- Marble industry and trade.
- History.
- Italy.
- Italy--Carrara.
- Marble industry and trade--Italy--Carrara--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- With vivid writing and characterizations, Scigliano dramatizes Michelangelo'slife and times through his obsession with the legendary marble of Carrara andhis creation of three incomparable masterpieces--the Pieta, David, and Moses.256 pp.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-337) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0743254775
- OCLC:
- 59817997
- Publisher Number:
- 9780743254779
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