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Eleanor
Mar 22, 2025 rated it really liked it
This is a fascinating historical novel focussed on the contrasts between Michelangelo and Leonardo de Vinci. It is centered on when the two artists were rivals in Florence while Michelangelo was working on the David and Leonardo was working on the Mona Lisa. I loved the descriptions of their vastly different approaches to their art and how they lived their lives. It is incredible to me that two such renowned masters lived in the same place and time, knew each other, and were impacted by each oth ...more
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