Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man and his Times

An excellent biography that provides a grounded look at Michelangelo as a person and the milieu of Renaissance Italy that was extremely influential to the course of the artist's life. I loved the letters Wallace included that show not only some of the day-to-day happenings in Renaissance Italy, but also Michelangelo's personal struggles, such as his grapple with death in the final decade of his long life.