Oil And Marble Book Summary

Leonardo s love for the muse lisa and michelangelo s loving obsession.

Oil and marble book summary. Book club discussion questions our 3 500 reading guides include discussion questions book reviews author bios and plot summaries. Read an excerpt from stephanie storey s art history thriller oil and marble about the war between the legendary renaissance masters. 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. And remember to check out our other book resources.

Oil and marble will make readers long for florence and to see david in the morning light elizabeth cobbs author of broken promises. There was an epic rivalry between leonardo da vinci and michelangelo buonarroti. They both applied for the commission to sculpt the enormous block of marble that came to be david. It has been at least 45 years since i was in florence but oil and marble really made me want to return.

Oil and marble will make readers long for florence and to see david in the morning light elizabeth cobbs author of broken promises. Leonardo da vinci and michelangelo buonarroti return to their florentine homeland in the opening years of the 16 th century. The book is perfect for lovers of history and historical fiction art and excellent character development. I wrote lots of imagined bits that.

Written by stephanie storey review by monica e. At 50 years of age leonardo is a showman but also a respected elder statesman of all forms of art and scientific investigation. Storey has made the city of florence in the early 1500s one of the characters in the book. A novel of leonardo and michelangelo by stephanie storey.

They both lived and worked in florence italy from 1501 1505. Use the search box title or author if you don t find a specific guide for a book take a look at our discussion tips ideas. 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 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 respective masterpiece that would later immortalize them for future generations.

Today a new leonardo da vinci drawing was discovered in france see featured image. Last week i read oil and marble by stephanie storey. I loved the city. 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.

A novel of leonardo and michelangelo.