Oil and Marble
A Novel of Leonardo and MichelangeloBy Storey, Stephanie
Length11h 13m
About this audiobook
Called “tremendously entertaining” (The New York Times) Stephanie Storey’s brilliant bestselling debut, brings early 16th-century Florence, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo Buonarroti alive for art lovers and readers of historical fiction.With extraordinary empathy into the minds and souls of the two great Renaissance artists, Storey offers a stunning art history thriller. From 1501 to 1505, 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.Michelangelo is a virtual unknown when he returns to Florence and 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.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.Leonardo despises Michelangelo for his youth and lack of sophistication. Michelangelo both loathes and worships Leonardo's genius.Oil and Marble is the story of their nearly forgotten rivalry.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreHistorical Fiction
Length11 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 19, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11499: Milan: Leonardo
32Michelangelo
21500
33Leonardo
3Michelangelo
341504: Florence
4Leonardo
35Michelangelo
51501: Florence
36Leonardo
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6Michelangelo
37Michelangelo
7Leonardo
38Leonardo
8Michelangelo
39Michelangelo
9Leonardo
40Leonardo
10Michelangelo
41Michelangelo
11Leonardo
42Leonardo
12Michelangelo
43Michelangelo
13Leonardo
44Leonardo
14Michelangelo
45Michelangelo
15Leonardo
46Leonardo
16Michelangelo
47Michelangelo
17Leonardo
48Leonardo
181502
49Michelangelo
19Michelangelo
50Leonardo
20Leonardo
51Michelangelo
21Michelangelo
52Leonardo
22Leonardo
53Michelangelo
23Michelangelo
54Leonardo
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55Michelangelo
25Leonardo
56Leonardo
26Michelangelo
57Michelangelo
27Leonardo
58Leonardo
28Michelangelo
59Michelangelo
29Leonardo
60Leonardo
30Michelangelo
61Coda
31Leonardo
62Author's Note
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