Modeled on the highly successful Norton Critical Editions, this series offers illuminating introductions to major monuments of painting, sculpture, and architecture.

An in-depth look at the life and work of the impetuous, solitary, tireless creator who, in asserting his freedom to create on his own terms, was the prototype of a modern artist.

"Symonds's biography stands on its own as a solid, readable, compelling, and appropriate reading for the twenty-first century."--Sixteenth Century Journal

Barkan has altered many of my own settled understandings of the artist. This book is an important contribution to Renaissance studies, and a stimulating and fresh approach to Michelangelo scholarship.

A study of Michelangelo's drawings held in the collections of the British Museum. These drawings range from unfinished sketches to studies of some of his most famous works such as the Sistine chapel ceiling and the Last Judgment.