Michelangelo and Sistine Chapel

Ross King is the author of the bestsellers “Leonardo da Vinci and the“ Secret Office ”,“ Challenge Madness. Claude Monet and Water Lilies. His next book is a fascinating story about how the painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was created, based on historical documents and recent studies of historians and art historians. This is the history of titanic labor against the backdrop of painful creative dissatisfaction, countless worldly hardships, anxious political conflicts, confrontations with a brilliant gifted young rival - Raphael from Urbino and an influential architect Bramante, as well as tense relations with the government customer. Created contrary to all the hardships of the majestic fresco, it was destined to glorify the name Michelangelo for centuries