The Reflection of High Renaissance and Mannerism of the Works of Michelangelo Buonarroti in the Interpretation of Irving Stone in His Last Biographical Novel The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Reflection of High Renaissance and Mannerism of the Works of Michelangelo Buonarroti in the Interpretation of Irving Stone in His Last Biographical Novel The Agony and the Ecstasy

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the artistic elements of Italian High Renaissance andMannerism in the narrative structure of the biographical novel about MichelangeloBuonarroti, The Agony and the Ecstasy, by Irving Stone. The discussion of the aboveis limited to one selected aspect of narration, namely a description. The analysisincludes ekphrastic passages referring to the most well known, monumentalsculptural pieces by Michelangelo Buonarroti. The aim of the article is to establishthe extend to which the literary descriptions form the novel by Irving Stone reflectthe character and style of the 16th century sculptures of Michelangelo.

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