Oil and Marble (eBook)

A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

Stephanie Storey (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
320 Seiten
Arcade (Verlag)
978-1-62872-640-4 (ISBN)

Infos

In her brilliant debut, Storey brings early 16th-century Florence alive, entering with extraordinary empathy into the minds and souls of two Renaissance masters, creating a stunning art history thriller. From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself.Michelangelo is a virtual unknown when he returns to Florence and wins the commission to carve what will become one of the most famous sculptures of all time: David. Even though his impoverished family shuns him for being an artist, he is desperate to support them. Living at the foot of his misshapen block of marble, Michelangelo struggles until the stone finally begins to speak. Working against an impossible deadline, he begins his feverish carving.Meanwhile, Leonardo's life is falling apart: he loses the hoped-for David commission; he can't seem to finish any project; he is obsessed with his ungainly flying machine; he almost dies in war; his engineering designs disastrously fail; and he is haunted by a woman he has seen in the market--a merchant's wife, whom he is finally commissioned to paint. Her name is Lisa, and she becomes his muse.Leonardo despises Michelangelo for his youth and lack of sophistication. Michelangelo both loathes and worships Leonardo's genius.Oil and Marble is the story of their nearly forgotten rivalry. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction--novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Stephanie Storey is a writer and art fanatic. She has a degree in Fine Arts from Vanderbilt University and an MFA from Emerson College. She studied art in Italy and went on a pilgrimage to see every Michelangelo on display in Europe. When not writing fiction and screenplays, she works as a television producer. Oil and Marble is her debut novel. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, an actor and Emmy-winning comedy writer.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
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• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
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• Schlagworte: 16th century • 16th century history • 16th century Italy • art aficianado • art historical fiction • Art History • art history thriller • artists • art novel • art of Italy • Da Vinci • Da Vinci Michelangelo rivalry • Da Vinci Mona Lisa • Duccio stone commission • famous artists • Fine Arts • Florence • gift for artist • gift for art lover • historical fiction • historical mysteries • Historical Novel • Historical Romance • Italian art • italian historical fiction • Italian Politics • Italy • left handed • Leonardo da Vinci • Michelangelo • Michelangelo Buonarroti • Michelangelo David • Michelangelo Pieta • Mona Lisa • novel about art • painting Mona Lisa • Pieta • politics of art • Raphael • Renaissance • Renaissance Art • renaissance artists • Renaissance rivalry • Sistene Chapel • sixteenth century • sixteenth century Europe • sixteenth century historical fiction • The Last Supper
• ISBN-10: 1-62872-640-7 / 1628726407
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62872-640-4 / 9781628726404