04892cam a2200913 4500 581691526 TxAuBib 20220716120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781628726404 1628726407 B06XQ544VG Amazon 889db92c-6519-4b41-9ae8-080084efa834 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2620432 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Storey, Stephanie. Oil and Marble [Libby] : A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Skyhorse Publishing, 2016. The Last Supper. historical novel. Mona Lisa. sixteenth century. art history. 16th century. Florence. Historical Fiction. Fine Arts. Da Vinci. Historical mysteries. Historical Romance. Artists. Renaissance. Michelangelo. Raphael. Renaissance art. Italy. Italian art. Leonardo da Vinci. sixteenth century Europe. italian historical fiction. 16th century history. art novel. Michelangelo Buonarroti. pieta. art historical fiction. art history thriller. Da Vinci Michelangelo rivalry. Da Vinci Mona Lisa. Duccio stone commission. gift for art lover. gift for artist. Michelangelo David. Michelangelo Pieta. novel about art. painting Mona Lisa. Renaissance artists. Renaissance rivalry. Sistene Chapel. Italian politics. famous artists. left handed. 16th century Italy. art aficianado. art of Italy. politics of art. sixteenth century historical fiction. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1710kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1710kB. Classic Literature. Fiction. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>Legendary geniuses clash in both art and life in this "tremendously entertaining" novel of Leonardo da Vinci and Michaelangelo (<i>The New York Times</i>).</b><br /> <br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> <i>Oil and Marble</i> is the story of their nearly forgotten rivalry and "a rewarding read for art aficionados and fans of historical fiction" (<i>Booklist</i>). Here, Stephanie Storey brings early 16th-century Florence alive, bringing to life the minds and souls of two Renaissance masters with extraordinary empathy. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-16 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=889db92c-6519-4b41-9ae8-080084efa834&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=889db92c-6519-4b41-9ae8-080084efa834&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=889db92c-6519-4b41-9ae8-080084efa834&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)