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A Journey into Michelangelo's Rome
From St. Peter’s Basilica to the Capitoline Hill, this unique resource—part biography, part history, and part travel guide—provides an intimate portrait of the relationship between Michelangelo and the city he restored to artistic greatness. Lavishly illustrated and richly informative, this travel companion tells the story of Michelangelo’s meteoric rise, his career marked by successive artistic breakthroughs, his tempestuous relations with powerful patrons, and his austere but passionate private life. Providing street maps that allow readers to navigate the city and discover Rome as Michelangelo knew it, each chapter focuses on a particular work that amazed Michelangelo’s contemporaries and modern tourists alike.
- GenresItalyArtNonfiction
180 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2007
About the author
Angela K. Nickerson
5 books1 followerBefore she learned how to read, Angela Nickerson refused to eat broccoli and aspired to be a tap dancing nurse. However, once her mom taught her to read, Angelas medical aspirations expired. Her favorite books were those set in the olden days in places far more exotic than Dallas, Texas. In her thirties Angela translated that passion for history and travel into a column of local biographical profiles as well as her first book, A Journey into Michelangelos Rome.
When she was fifteen, Angelas grandparents, both worldly travelers, gave her a life-changing birthday gift: they took her to Europe. Together they took a nearly-nude summer sauna in Finland where the sun hardly set. They explored Red Square in Moscow, visited one of the first privately-owned restaurants in the USSR, and brushed their teeth with Pepsi. The three-country tour ended in England with a trip to the Tower of London and the purchase of some fantastic Princess Diana kitsch.
After graduating from high school in 1991, Angela went to St. Olaf College in Minnesota. The cold, snowy campus offered the perfect place for a bookish girl with a passion for research to blossom. Angelas parents impressed upon her the need for a reliable career, so after college, she went on to Washington University in St. Louis where she earned a Masters of Arts in Teaching. Teaching at small, private schools, she applied her love of art and music, history and travel in her classroom.
Along the way she adhered to her mantra: just GO! She won a Fulbright Memorial Fund award and spent a month in Japan studying the Japanese educational system. Not long after Angelas husband asked, What would you think about moving to California? And away they went. She has taught writing in Korea as well as in cyberspace. She has marched in the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, escorted a variety of performing groups through the US and Europe, and jumps on a plane any time she can.
Angela married an Italian-American with memories of playing as a child at Ostia Antica and romping through the Colosseum. Now she enjoys traveling to Italy several times a year often escorting small groups of people. In doing so she combines the great passions in her life: art and history, travel and, of course, writing.
However, Angela still does not like broccoli much.
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When she was fifteen, Angelas grandparents, both worldly travelers, gave her a life-changing birthday gift: they took her to Europe. Together they took a nearly-nude summer sauna in Finland where the sun hardly set. They explored Red Square in Moscow, visited one of the first privately-owned restaurants in the USSR, and brushed their teeth with Pepsi. The three-country tour ended in England with a trip to the Tower of London and the purchase of some fantastic Princess Diana kitsch.
After graduating from high school in 1991, Angela went to St. Olaf College in Minnesota. The cold, snowy campus offered the perfect place for a bookish girl with a passion for research to blossom. Angelas parents impressed upon her the need for a reliable career, so after college, she went on to Washington University in St. Louis where she earned a Masters of Arts in Teaching. Teaching at small, private schools, she applied her love of art and music, history and travel in her classroom.
Along the way she adhered to her mantra: just GO! She won a Fulbright Memorial Fund award and spent a month in Japan studying the Japanese educational system. Not long after Angelas husband asked, What would you think about moving to California? And away they went. She has taught writing in Korea as well as in cyberspace. She has marched in the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, escorted a variety of performing groups through the US and Europe, and jumps on a plane any time she can.
Angela married an Italian-American with memories of playing as a child at Ostia Antica and romping through the Colosseum. Now she enjoys traveling to Italy several times a year often escorting small groups of people. In doing so she combines the great passions in her life: art and history, travel and, of course, writing.
However, Angela still does not like broccoli much.
"
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
April 21, 2020
I bought this book at the traveling exhibit of the Sistine Chapel reproductions. (Great show!)
This was a very readable overview of Michelangelo's life and accomplishments. Nickerson even reveals some of the details of how the artist created his art, which, as a former art student, I didn't know before.
Michelangelo was famous and admired while living, and was working on three different projects up until he died.
A good reference book for anyone traveling to Florence and Rome!
This was a very readable overview of Michelangelo's life and accomplishments. Nickerson even reveals some of the details of how the artist created his art, which, as a former art student, I didn't know before.
Michelangelo was famous and admired while living, and was working on three different projects up until he died.
A good reference book for anyone traveling to Florence and Rome!
May 11, 2018
Michelangelo's impact on the city of Rome is vast - his legacy, left in the marble and stucco he shaped, is one of beauty and the pursuit of perfection. This book takes the reader on a journey through Michelangelo's life and displays the works he created in vivid photographs. I can't wait to visit the places he labored and take in the craftsmanship of the monuments he dedicated his life to.
July 30, 2011
A good "guidebook" for traveling in Italy in search of Michelangelo's works and footprints.
June 1, 2014
A delightful read. Loved the treasure-trove of fun facts about Michelangelo's life and work.
April 30, 2017
I enjoyed this excellent, easy read about Michelangelo and his significant influence on the art and architecture of Rome. The author did a great job giving me insight into the artist as a person and telling me where to find some of his important works in the city.
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