Irving Stone
Birth date: July 14, 1903
Died: January 01, 1989
Irving Stone's Books
”To some people stone was dead; ‘hard as stone,’ ‘stone cold,’ they said. To him, as he once again ran his fingers along its contours, it was the most alive substance in the world, rhythmic, responsive, tractable: warm, resilient, colorful, vibrant. He was in love with stone.”Michelangelo portrait b...
Rating: 4.5/5 Summary: A biographical novel of the life and art of Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect...Review: I have conflicted feelings about this novel. There is just so much to love, so much that has made a profound emotional and intellectual impact on me. And yet in some asp...
As Stone tells us in his note afterwards, he not only lived and researched in Michelangelo's Italy, he had this letters translated into English for the first time. Stone even worked in marble quarries and apprenticed himself to a sculptor. Needless to say, this biography of the great artist, archite...
Disclaimer: I read this when I was in 7th or 8th grade. I remember really liking it. Not sure how I'd feel now. Damn, it was hard to get a divorce back then.
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