Text by Christoph L. Frommel. From the preface by Professor Antonio Paolucci, former director of the Uffizi Museum and Vatican Museums: “Important critical and philological precision has produced this book. All doubts about Michelangelo’s authorship of the Active Life and Contemplative Life statues have been cleared up (...) One important novelty concerns the lying statue of Julius II. Although traditionally attributed to Maso del Bosco, this sculpture has revealed the direct hand of the Master – at least as far as its main parts are concerned, especially the extraordinarily expressive face of the Pope. The accompanying photography reportage by Andrea Jemolo, allows us to see the tomb’s sculptures as no one has ever been able to see them before, almost to touch and stroke them.”
