Thanks, I will rent the AGony and the Ecstasy sometime.
I too, would not pay any heed to any negative comments.
Michaelangelo did all of these other works. The Creation scene, you know the finger of God touching Adam I believe in the Sistine Chapel is so wellknown and indeed, an Icon.
You won't find anything about Michelangelo in that pile o' crap. I had a copy of it I annotated personally when I was a kid. He couldn't even get names and dates right, never mind the broader story.
Irving Stone was a novel writer of the "we make history up to suit the tastes of the times" variety.