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A review by lotusmeristem555
The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican by Benjamin Blech
4.0
Well, I set out to use Goodreads as a way to read outside my comfort zone, and boy is this book it.
While I was convinced that there were some snappy hidden messages in the Sistine Chaple artwork, some interpertations were a bit far fetched to me.
Still, it was a nice book about art history, the history of the art of the time and of Michelangelo's life and work. That part I certainly enjoyed.
The book was, to someone who reads a LOT of history books, very different in style. Some information was repeated several times as if written by two uncoordinated people. Sometimes the judaic stuff were shoved a bit where they don't belong. I am convinced that Michelangelo knew some Talmud, just not sure he knew quite that much kabala.
Still, a nice book altogether.
While I was convinced that there were some snappy hidden messages in the Sistine Chaple artwork, some interpertations were a bit far fetched to me.
Still, it was a nice book about art history, the history of the art of the time and of Michelangelo's life and work. That part I certainly enjoyed.
The book was, to someone who reads a LOT of history books, very different in style. Some information was repeated several times as if written by two uncoordinated people. Sometimes the judaic stuff were shoved a bit where they don't belong. I am convinced that Michelangelo knew some Talmud, just not sure he knew quite that much kabala.
Still, a nice book altogether.