The Agony and the Ecstasy vs The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti: Which Should You Read?

The Agony and the Ecstasy Irving Stone · 1958 ★★★★☆ 4.1 664 pages · ≈ 12 h 18 m · Moderate

Mr. Stone gives his signature style and thought to this story of Michelangelo. He points out often in this book that Michelangelo, before beginning a work, asks what it is he is trying to capture in the moment of his…

The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti John Addington Symonds · 1892 ★★★★☆ 3.8 520 pages · ≈ 9 h 38 m · Challenging

This is a story of Buonarroti Simoni, to whom Michelangelo belonged, were a Florentine family of ancient burgher nobility.