Michelangelo and Titian

""An Art Newspaper Art Book to Look Out For"" ""Wallace wraps his analysis of the men’s relationship around these two encounters, using them partly to debunk theories that frame Titian as an imitator of the older artist. Instead, Wallace depicts a layered and complex relationship between two highly competitive men whose art energized, influenced, and sometimes contradicted each other’s.... Maps and ample illustrations enliven this vivid window into the relationship between two artistic giants and a creatively fertile time in Italian history. Armchair art historians will be riveted."" * Publishers Weekly * ""For readers frustrated by dry art historical studies, [William E. Wallace] conjures a lively and believable world imbued with emotion absent from typical textbooks. [Michelangelo and Titian] can also be considered as a theoretical excursion by an expert on the topic — even if not provable, it prompts a more abstract form of thinking on the subject.""---Olivia McEwan, Hyperallergic ""A lively, ambitious book. . . . Far from a compendium of scholarly esoterica, the book transforms Michelangelo and Titian, figures so exalted they can seem little more than remote monuments, into working artists, flesh-and-blood individuals who look, reflect and respond to new aesthetic experiences. . . . A riveting and richly illuminating book. There should be more like it.""---Eric Gibson, Wall Street Journal