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★★★★ 4.2 (13.8K)
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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
26Michelangelo
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27Leonardo
3Michelangelo
28Michelangelo
4Leonardo
29Leonardo
51501: Florence
30Michelangelo
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6Michelangelo
31Leonardo
7Leonardo
32Michelangelo
8Michelangelo
33Leonardo
9Leonardo
341504: Florence
10Michelangelo
35Michelangelo
11Leonardo
36Leonardo
12Michelangelo
37Michelangelo
13Leonardo
38Leonardo
14Michelangelo
39Michelangelo
15Leonardo
40Leonardo
16Michelangelo
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17Leonardo
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44Leonardo
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45Michelangelo
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46Leonardo
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47Michelangelo
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