THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (664 pp.)—Irving Stone—Doubleday ($5.95) ... In the present fictionalized life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Author Stone has transcended himself; ...

‘Irving Stone renders the cyclorama of the vibrant passage of years’ Reading is not just a hobby that one indulges in to delight oneself. It is a desire to know, to learn, to enjoy, to let the ...

As it is, we’re left wondering if the world needs another book about Michelangelo. We already have Vasari’s “Lives of the Painters,” Irving Stone’s novel “The Agony and the Ecstasy ...

The American Jewish writer Irving Stone (born Tannenbaum) aptly titled his 1961 novel about Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings “The Agony and the Ecstasy.” For centuries ...