The Medici Boy

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While creating his famous bronze of David and Goliath, Donatello s passion for his enormously beautiful model and part time rent boy, Agnolo, ignites a dangerous jealousy that ultimately leads to murder Luca, the complex and conflicted assistant, will sacrifice all to save Donatello, even his master s friend the great patron of art, Cosimo de Medici John L Heureux s long awaited novel delivers both a monumental and intimate narrative of the creative genius, Donatello, at the height of his powers With incisive detail, L Heureux beautifully renders the master sculptor s forbidden homosexual passions, and the artistry that enthralled the powerful and highly competitive Medici and Albizzi families The finished work is a sumptuous historical novel that entertains while it delves deeply into both the sacred and the profane within one of the Italian Renaissance s most consequential cities, fifteenth century Florence. Free Download [ The Medici Boy ] Author [ John L'Heureux ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Seriously overwritten I wasn t enjoying myself as I trudged through the last hundred pages I m as affected and verbose as they come, but even I know when to dim down a notch I don t think the recently departed Author L Heureux and I will be deepening our acquaintance.Simply put this is an historical fiction about Donatello, the great 15th century Florentine sculptor told from point of view of a fictional assistant It delves into the political and social milieu of the time political concerning his patron Cosimo de Medici and social cultural from his controversial homosexuality and its place in that society The book was interesting, as I m new to this period It has a tendency to become didactic in explaining some things rather than just showing how things Simply put this is an historical fiction about Donatello, the great 15th century Florentine sculptor told from point of view of a fictional assistant It delves into the political and social milieu of the time political concerning his patron Cosimo de Medici and social cultural from his controversial homosexuality and its place in that society The book was interesting, as I m new to this period It has a tendency to become didactic in explaining some things rather than just showing how things were via plot and character But, that was useful to a ...Well written and researched, but a missed opportunityThe eponym of this story, Agnolo Mattei, is not literally a Medici, but the fictitious boy model for Donatello s bronze David commissioned by Cosimo de Medici This statue, the first free standing bronze nude inthan a thousand years , is felt by L Heureux to be a testament to the sculptor s sexual obsession for the teenaged boy he had created Hence this richly imagined tale of that obsession, narrated through the life story from Well written and researched, but a missed opportunityThe eponym of this story, Agnolo Mattei, is not literally a Medici, but the fictitious boy model for Donatello s bronze David commissioned by Cosimo de Medici This statue, the first free standing bronze nude inthan a thousand years , is felt by L Heureux to be a testament to the sculptor s sexual obsession for the teenaged boy he had created Hence this richly imagined tale of that obsession, narrated through the life story from birth in 1400 to death in 1467 of Donatello s assistant L...In the grand tradition of such bodice rippers as Rosemary Roger s Sweet Savage Love , John L Heueux gives us this toga ripper and let us not forget that men and women wore togas While the sexuality doesn t span as much territory as, for example, T.C Van Adler s St Agatha s Breast in which you WILL learn new tricks of the trade it does a good job at offering us various types of relationships.Now, to the plot this is a fascinating story of Donatello s creation of a bronze statue the In the grand tradition of such bodice rippers as Rosemary Roger s Sweet Savage Love , John L Heueux gives us this toga ripper and let us not forget th...Every now and then I pick up a book and it captures me within just a few pages The Medici Boywas one of those books I started during a short afternoon break at work a mistake since I really just wanted to sit in the sun and read once I started The Medici Boy is historical fiction set in Renaissance Florence in the studio of the sculptor, Donatello The book captures the essence of the Renaissance as I imagine it in my head the writing of place is very vivid filled with all the beauty Every now and then I pick up a book and it captures me within just a few pages The Medici Boywas one of those books I started during a short afternoon break at work a mistake since I really just wanted to sit in the sun and read once I started The Medici Boy is historical fiction set in Renaissance Florence in the studio of the sculptor, Donatello The book captures the essence of the Renaissance as I imagine it in my head the writing of place is very vivid filled with all the beauty and brutality of the age.Our hero, Luca, is devoted to Donatello a...Originally posted on my blog,ReadLove The Medici Boy is a sweeping narrative spanning over 60 years Meticulously researched John L Heureux was awarded a Guggenheim Grant in 2006 the novel presents a detailed view of 15th century Florentine culture and climate, from political, social, religious, and artistic arenas The result is a picture of life that, though fictional, feels authentic and true.Given that The Medici Boy is told in the form of a confessional by our narrator, Luca Mattei, Originally posted on my blog,ReadLove The Medici Boy is a...The title character in this book, the Medici boy, is not the narrator, as I thought when I began reading it Although the narrator begins with how he came to be an apprentice of the artist Donatello, that is, with what preceded his apprenticeship, the Medici boy doesn t enter the story until after And then the Medici boy causes trouble and pain for many years Yet Donatello loves him.John L Heureux, the author, came up with this story after he saw Donatello s statue of David Is any of this, The title character in this book, the Medici boy, is not the narrator, as I thought when I began reading it Although the narrator begins with how he came to...It started out so promising Realistic, atmospheric the sights and smells of the medieval Italian city, the cruelty, the freshness, the youth, all was great, just right Then Donatello came into the picture and spoiled everything Okay, maybe not everything But his presence brought this particularly false tone that plagues books about art the pompous, exalted, humorless tone I dislike It s implausible and distant, this tone It implies that everyone must adore and value art, and bow before It started out so promising Realistic, atmospheric the sights and smells of the medieval Italian city, the cruelty, the freshness, the youth, all was great, just right Then Donatello came into the picture and spoiled everything Okay, maybe not everything But his presence brought this particularly false tone that plagues books about art the pompous, exalted, humorless tone I dislike It s implausible and distant, this tone It implies that everyone must adore and value art, and bow before it but guys, most people don t care, and life goes on and sometimes through the long suffering Artist Who, incidentally, is always a real Artist acknowledged and vindicated by the History and Mankind because no one wants to write about the suffering of a mediocre artist, be it even so long.So the narrator measures everyone by their attitude towards the great Donatello, and thus he has to hate and despise t...Wonderful read, about an assistant to Renaissance artist Donatello One thing stayed with me the increasing sense of dread every time the character of Agnolo appears You just know things are going to go wrong, and you can t look awaylike an impending train wreck.Kudos to the author for how well he describes the relationship of Agnolo and Donatello, even if it makes readers want to shake some sense into both This is the kind of novel that requires a lot of research to write, and then a lot Wonderful read, about an assistant to Renaissance artist Donatello One thing stayed with me the increasing sense of dread every time the character of Agnolo appears You just know things are going to go wrong, and you can t look awaylike an impending train wreck.Kudos to the author for how well he describes the relationship of Agnolo and Don...Love this book It s not perfect, there are some slow bits however, I found it irresistible I could not stay away from it, I HAD to see what happened The love stories in it are fascinating He touches on love in it many of it s forms He also includes the unknowable and unpredictable...

The Medici Boy
  • English
  • 03 March 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 346 pages
  • 1938231503
  • John L'Heureux
  • The Medici Boy