“Michelangelo and Beyond”—a fascinating ... This elaborately muscled figure, a study for his unfinished “Battle of Cascina” mural in Florence, is informed by the artist’s sedulous ...

The sculpture was not quite finished – and Michelangelo had been hauled ... had also commissioned him to paint a scene of the ...

Michelangelo was to depict the Battle of Cascina – a critical Florentine victory over Pisa in 1364. And he was to be pitted head to head with Leonardo, who was commissioned to paint the victory ...