Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Sistine Secrets Subtitle: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican Author: Benjamin Blech, Roy Doliner Narrator: James Cameron Stewart Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 08-08-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Visual Arts Publisher's Summary: Five hundred years ago, Michelangelo began work on a painting that became one of the most famous pieces of art in the world - the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Every year millions of people come to see Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling, which is the largest fresco painting on earth in the holiest of Christianity's chapels; yet there is not one single Christian image in this vast, magnificent artwork. The Sistine Secrets tells the fascinating story of how Michelangelo embedded messages of brotherhood, tolerance, and freethinking in his painting to encourage "fellow travelers" to challenge the repressive Roman Catholic Church of his time. Blech and Doliner reveal what Michelangelo meant in the angelic representations that brilliantly mocked his papal patron, how he managed to sneak unorthodox heresies into his ostensibly pious portrayals, and how he was able to fulfill his lifelong ambition to bridge the wisdom of science with the strictures of faith. The Sistine Secrets unearths secrets that have remained hidden in plain sight for centuries. Critic Reviews: "Fascinating.... Benjamin Blech and Roy Doliner appear to have few equals when it comes to the history and detail of the fresco...an informative piece of work." [Manchester Evening News (UK)]