The Resource Oil and Marble
Oil and Marble
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The item Oil and Marble represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Merrimack Valley Library Consortium.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Oil and Marble represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Merrimack Valley Library Consortium.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Legendary geniuses clash in both art and life in this "tremendously entertaining" novel of Leonardo da Vinci and Michaelangelo (The New York Times). For a few years at the very beginning of the sixteenth century, 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 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. Both will become immortal through their art.Oil and Marble is the story of their nearly forgotten rivalry and "a rewarding read for art aficionados and fans of historical fiction" (Booklist). Here, Stephanie Storey brings early 16th-century Florence alive, bringing to life the minds and souls of two Renaissance masters with extraordinary empathy
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- 9781628726404
- Label
- Oil and Marble
- Title
- Oil and Marble
- Summary
- Legendary geniuses clash in both art and life in this "tremendously entertaining" novel of Leonardo da Vinci and Michaelangelo (The New York Times). For a few years at the very beginning of the sixteenth century, 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 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. Both will become immortal through their art.Oil and Marble is the story of their nearly forgotten rivalry and "a rewarding read for art aficionados and fans of historical fiction" (Booklist). Here, Stephanie Storey brings early 16th-century Florence alive, bringing to life the minds and souls of two Renaissance masters with extraordinary empathy
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- Storey, Stephanie
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- Historical Fiction
- Thriller
- Classic Literature
- Fiction
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- Oil and Marble
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- OVERDRIVE:889db92c-6519-4b41-9ae8-080084efa834
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
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- electronic
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- True
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- 9781628726404
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- optical disk
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- Oil and Marble
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- OVERDRIVE:889db92c-6519-4b41-9ae8-080084efa834
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
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- electronic
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- True
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- 9781628726404
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