Oil And Marble Book Reviews

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Oil and marble book reviews. At 50 years of age leonardo is a showman but also a respected elder statesman of all forms of art and scientific investigation. The book is perfect for lovers of history and historical fiction art and excellent character development. Leonardo da vinci and michelangelo buonarroti return to their florentine homeland in the opening years of the 16 th century. There was an epic rivalry between leonardo da vinci and michelangelo buonarroti.

Oil and marble will make readers long for florence and to see david in the morning light elizabeth cobbs author of broken promises. A civil war novel and the hamilton affair in the end this book is as much a love story as it is an historical narrative of time and place. I loved the city. Oil and marble will make readers long for florence and to see david in the morning light elizabeth cobbs author of broken promises.

A novel of leonardo and michelangelo. Giorgio vasari didn t stint with his praise. Posted on march 14 2017 by christina. A novel of leonardo and michelangelo by stephanie storey.

Oil and marble a novel of leonardo and michelangelo by stephanie storey 345 pp. The book is a fictional rendition of florentine life between the years 1501 and 1505 the time during which leonardo da vinci and michelangelo buonarotti were both in florence each working on creating the. Oil and marble by stephanie storey. They both lived and worked in florence italy from 1501 1505.

Last week i read oil and marble by stephanie storey. It has been at least 45 years since i was in florence but oil and marble really made me want to return. I hate that a certain friend feels excluded if they haven t had time to read. Editorial reviews tremendously entertaining and unapologetic in its artistic license oil and marble will remind an older generation of the pleasures of irving stone s art historical fiction maxwell carter the new york times the artistic process can be one of self doubt struggle and sheer physical exertion and storey depicts the drama here with truth and insight.

Written by stephanie storey review by monica e. Everything leonardo does clearly comes from god. Oil and marble by stephanie storey oil and marble is a magnificent story brimming with an all star cast of world famous artists conducted by the talent of author stephanie storey. The novel centers around two of the most extraordinarily relevant talents in history leonardo da vinci and michelangelo.

Storey has made the city of florence in the early 1500s one of the characters in the book.