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John T. Spike is a noted art historian, author and lecturer. He has directed the Biennial of Florence and in 2007 was named to the faculty of the Masters in Sacred Art History. In 2010 he was engaged by the Council of Europe as an expert in Cultural Heritage. John T. Spike is also the author of the critically acclaimed Caravaggio. He lives in Florence.
Spike Crystallizes historical detail into vivid , memorable imagery...Alternating between accounts of the turbulent political atmosphere and details of Michelangelo's most private moments in the sculpture studio, Spike creates a rich narrative that promises more intrigue than the best adventure novel * Publishers Weekly * No art historian has got closer to [Michelangelo] than John T. Spike' Sunday Telegraph 'Michelangelo is a difficult man to like, but impossible to resist. Spike captures his magnetism, his drive and the sheer scale of his ambition. -- Sarah Bakewell * Sunday Times * Tense and agile as an early sculpture, YOUNG MICHELANGELO is a compelling portrait of the artist as a young man in a dangerous time. -- Peter Robb, Author of M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio [a] crisply thorough biography -- The Express * Christopher Bray *
