Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction xi
5. One. Disconnections 1
6. Two. The Sistine Deluge 20
7. Three. Who’s Who in the Creation of Adam 70
8. Four. All about Eve 88
9. Five. A New Michelangelo 94
10. Six. Why Michelangelo Huddled Those Ancestors under That Ceiling 99
11. Seven. The Last Judgment as Merciful Heresy 130
12. Eight. A Corner of the Last Judgment 161
13. Nine. The Last Judgment and Environs 195
14. Ten. The Line of Fate in Michelangelo’s Painting 213
15. Eleven. Michelangelo’s Last Paintings 235
16. Notes 305
17. Leo Steinberg: Chronology 365
18. Leo Steinberg: Publications (1947–2010) 369
19. Photography Credits 375
20. Index 377