米开朗琪罗与教皇的天花板 (2002)

《米开朗琪罗与教皇的天花板》（Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling）是加拿大作家罗斯·金的一本著作，2002年出版。2003年，它获得了加拿大总督文学奖和美国国家书评人协会奖的提名。

概述

教宗儒略二世委托米开朗基罗，为罗马西斯汀小堂的天花板画上湿壁画。但是米开朗基罗几乎没有画湿壁画的经验，虽然他最初并不情愿，后来又与儒略二世产生分歧，但仍然坚持了下来。罗斯·金讲述了在完成壁画过程中的许多传说（1965年美国电影《痛苦与狂喜》（The Agony and the Ecstasy）中也有表现）。

Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling is a 2002 book written by Ross King, a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer. It garnered nominations in 2003 for the Governor-General's Literary Award (Canada) and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Overview

Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. Michelangelo had little experience as a frescoist. Despite his initial reluctance and subsequent disagreements with Julius, Michelangelo perseveres. King addresses a number of myths generated over the years (many of which were propagated in the film drama The Agony and the Ecstasy) about the process and completion of the frescoes.

Critical response

In a 2003 book review by Kirkus Reviews called the book "A legend-busting, richly detailed account of the four-year making of the Sistine Chapel frescos." Michael McNay, in his review for The Guardian, called the book, "a good read" and praised King's "feel for daily life and an enthusiasm for the basics", but rejects King's view as improbable that Pope Julius allowed Michelangelo authority over the iconology of the work." Boyd Tonkin, writing for The Independent, wrote; "King deftly stitches modern Michelangelo scholarship into his fluent and gripping narrative. The result is a delightful book that overturns many legends."