Book Review: Michelangelo - A Life in Six Masterpieces
/A new biography looks at the long life of one of mankind's greatest artists through six of his greatest works
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A new biography looks at the long life of one of mankind's greatest artists through six of his greatest works
Read MoreIn 1537, teenager Cosimo dei Medici became the first citizen of Florence, and in the following decades, he set about fashioning a 'sacral' rulership for himself - a complicated process at the heart of this fascinating new study
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