Antonio Forcellino

Antonio Forcellino, architect, restorer and writer, he restored some of the major pieces of Renaissance Italian art: Michelagelo’s grave for Giulio II in San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, the facade of Pinturicchio’s Libreria Piccolomini and Michelangelo’s Altre Piccolomini in the Dome of Siena. His essays include the biographies of the three major Italian artists: Michelangelo. Una vita inquieta (Laterza, 2005), Raffaello. Una vita felice (Laterza, 2008), Leonardo. Genio senza pace (Laterza, 2016), being translated into the principal foreign languages. By the end of August the historical book Il cavallo di bronzo. L’avventura di Leonardo, first volume of the trilogy Il secolo dei Giganti, will be published by HarperCollins Italia.