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Florence, 1501 — two geniuses, one city. In her acclaimed debut novel, Stephanie Storey imagines the nearly forgotten rivalry between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti at the height of the Renaissance. Leonardo — aging, brilliant, chronically distracted — has been commissioned to paint a vast mural in the Palazzo Vecchio. Michelangelo — young, furious, carving the colossal David from a single block of damaged marble — is determined to outshine him.
As each man battles deadlines, jealous rivals, and his own demons, Florence itself becomes a canvas for ambition, envy, and genius. Drawing on meticulous research, Storey grounds her fiction in documented history: Leonardo’s real scheme to divert the Arno River, Michelangelo’s beating by his family for choosing stonecutting, the damaged marble block that became the David. Invented conversations and inner lives lend these legendary figures remarkable psychological depth.
Told in alternating perspectives, Oil and Marble is a page-turner about creativity, competition, and the price of greatness — a must-read for art lovers and historical fiction fans alike.
Florence, 1501. Two geniuses. One city. In her acclaimed debut novel, Stephanie Storey imagines the nearly forgotten rivalry between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti at the height of the Renaissance.
Leonardo — aging, brilliant, chronically distracted — is commissioned to paint a vast mural in the Palazzo Vecchio. Michelangelo — young, furious, carving the colossal David from a single block of damaged marble — is determined to outshine him. As each man battles deadlines, jealous rivals, and his own demons, Florence itself becomes a canvas for ambition, envy, and genius.
Drawing on meticulous research, Storey grounds her fiction in documented history: Leonardo’s real scheme to divert the Arno River, Michelangelo’s beating by his family for choosing stonecutting, the damaged marble block that became the David. Invented conversations and inner lives lend these legendary figures remarkable psychological depth.
Told in alternating perspectives, Oil and Marble is a page-turner about creativity, competition, and the price of greatness — a must-read for art lovers and historical fiction fans alike.
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