false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169436444m/40473.jpg 321552 29 Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Michelangelo's David, New American Library releases a special edition of Irving Stone's classic biographical novel-in which both the artist and the man are brought to life in full. A masterpiece in its own right, this novel offers a compelling portrait of Michelangelo's dangerous, impassioned loves, and the God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest art the world has ever known. 1504548 1961 The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo total:3535|5:1454|4:1312|3:629|2:107|1:33| 3535 14652 4866 524 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 5 4 false Tue Oct 16 19:40:21 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 12:42:45 -0700 2007
The book made Michelangelo and his times really come alive for me. I feel like I personally know, like and respect Michelangelo as a person. H...more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 5 1 false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 23 01:22:53 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 13 10:38:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 2 1 false Thu Jun 07 05:03:29 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 06:04:25 -0700 2007 The Da Vinci Code, the field of art history has had a curious relationship with pop culture, especially mainstream literature. These books remain infinitely more accessible to readers than scholarly writings, and are marketed as if they carry the same amount of factual evidence, but ...more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 5 2 false Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 29 07:57:08 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 07:59:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 3 1 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1969 Fri Jun 27 22:17:50 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 22:17:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Dec 31 09:21:20 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 09:22:48 -0800 2008 I would love to own it, the copy i read was my Mothers, and she is pretty clingy with her books]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 5 1 false Tue Jul 29 21:38:05 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 21:38:33 -0700 2008 This book had great character development, and flowed ...more...]]> 3330250 0451146921 9780451146922 39 6 4.14 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3330250.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy 4 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Jun 06 06:59:49 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 07:07:43 -0700 2008
In fact, I like this book so much I went on to read other works of historical fiction by Stone, but I think Agony and the Ecstasy was his best.

I came away with a deep appreciation of Mi...more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 5 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1973 Mon Jul 06 19:48:01 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 15:06:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 2 1 false Fri Jan 02 22:29:13 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 10:16:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 5 0 false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 22:48:23 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 23:24:07 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 06 20:06:04 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 20:18:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 5 1 false Wed Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Mar 08 09:47:41 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 09:52:52 -0800 2008 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 3 1 false Mon Nov 17 16:28:35 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 16:30:09 -0800 2008 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 5 1 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Mon Feb 25 20:25:57 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 20:30:08 -0800 2008 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 2 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 16 07:14:55 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 07:28:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 936794 19 5 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1238653155m/936794.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/936794.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Novel_of_Michelangelo 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sat Sep 19 02:10:18 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 02:14:09 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 4 0 false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 19:57:23 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 06:38:17 -0700 2009
It was a little long winded at times, and about half-way through I was wondering if I was ever going to finish it, but I'm so glad I stuck it out.

The descriptions were wonderful, especially of Florence...more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 1 1 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 13:39:37 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 12:42:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 321552 0451171357 9780451171351 3030 442 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173743439m/321552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_A_Biographical_Novel_of_Michelangelo 2 1 false Thu Jan 01 22:47:16 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 22:53:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=40473