Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture

Great Book. A must have for art enthusiasts.

I bought this book to go along with the author's course from the Learning Company (Great Courses) and found it a wonderful supplement to that course. Standing alone it is an excellent overview of the breadth of Michaelangelo's career as artist. The plates are marvelous and having seen much of his work in Italy it brought back many fond memories and I learned more than I expected both from the course and the book. It is more than a one time through table top book. Anyone with interest in the subject I think would find this a valuable resource and bring many hours of pleasurable reading and viewing. For those who have the course from the Learning Company you will find that the book follows the course so you can easily use both resources at once.

I was reading The Agony and the Ecstasy, Leon Uris’ biography of Michelangelo, so I bought this book so I could see the art I was reading about. This is a large, lovely book that is a real bargain for the price.

Book was larger than I thought, and it has fold-outs as well. Definitely worth the money if you are interested in Michelangelo and his art.

This is a beautifully produced book. The text is informative. The art reproduction, particularly of The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, is spectacular.If you've had the opportunity to travel to Italy, and view Michelangelo's beautiful works of art in person, you'll appreciate the reproduced works of arts, the accompanying photographs and text. If you haven't seen these works of art in person, you will also enjoy this book.You will see and understand the Sistine Chapel Ceiling's panels better than when actually standing in the Chapel itself as the panels are a long way up from where you stand and the lighting in the Chapel is fairly dark. You can really see the Sistine Chapel paintings in a way like no other in this wonderful book.The seller, Little Guy Books, provided excellent (and fast) service for this product.

I read it.,

Love the book. The pages are good quality and i like the content as well. Read it every now and then while having tea/coffee. The book is big so you will need to set it on a table to read it but worth it :)

This is a large format book, but not just a “picture” book.” The biography and description of each of the works shown is excellent.The images included are of excellent quality and it is a great asset in understanding Michelangelo’s works.