Antonio Forcellinois one of Europe’s leading scholars of Renaissance art. He has carried out restorations of works of absolute value, such as Michelangelo’s Moses and Rapha­el’s The Sibyls. As a historian, his focus has always been on psychological and biographical roots of great masterpieces. Author of a rich scientific literature, for Laterza he publi­shed Michelangelo. Una vita inquieta (2005), Raffaello. Una vita felice (2006), 1545. Gli ultimi giorni del Rinascimento (2008), Le­onardo. Genio senza pace (2016) and La Cappella Sistina. A Tale of a Masterpiece (2020), all translated into many languages.