by Jon Lackman | 5 April 2006 | Books, Renaissance
In his new Michelangelo biography, expert restorator Antonio Forcellino reports a couple of modestly sensational discoveries — for instance, that the marble flame held by the Caritas figure on Pope Julius II’s grave would have been understood by the artist’s reform-minded circle as a symbol of salvation through faith — but its strength lies in the author’s expert knowledge of technique, writes Wilhelm Trapp in Die Zeit. The book enlivens the all too familiar melodrama of Michelangelo’s personal life with subtle insights into the artist’s creative process.
