Poems and Letters: Selections, with the 1550 Vasari Life

A new translation of poetry and letters from one of the most influential artists in history

The iconic Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti was also a prolific and gifted poet. This groundbreaking collection presents verses, intense and passionate, that capture Michelangelo's eroticism and spirituality, alongside letters that provide fascinating insight into his family relations and day-to-day life as a working artist. The result is a revealing portrait of a towering figure of the Renaissance.

• Author
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, Anthony Mortimer

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 288

• Publisher
• Penguin Classics

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-14-044956-3

• EAN
• 9780140449563

• Genres
• poetry, art

• Release date
• 2007