About the Author

Ludwig Goldscheider (1896-1973) was a distinguished art historian and book designer, and co-founder of Phaidon Press in Vienna in 1923.

Reviews

"The book yields a stimulating overall view of Michelangelo's religious and artistic journey, full of terribilità and beauty, which is enriched and enlivened by the messages from easily missed details, including ornamental marks, significant expressions and expressive gestures."—The Tablet