Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You about Master Painters and Sculptors

This is not only a well-researched book about the great art masters' lives but also a book full of laugh-out-loud humor. Who knew, as pointed out on page 48, that several of Michelangelo's assistants quit during the four years it took to complete the ceiling of the Sistine chapel - "..hardly suprising since the team lived together and shared a single bed. Since Michelangelo believed bathing was bad for his health, the staff may have been eager to make for the door as soon as possible." Recommended for serious art history students, teachers, and those of us that just enjoy funny stories.