L'INGEGNO E LE TENEBRE

In the heart of the Renaissance, Roberto Mercadini tells, in a magnificent way, the story of two geniuses fighting in art and in life.

Two giants of art history destined to hate each other. They are both Tuscan, brilliant and precocious, and yet they could not be further apart: Michelangelo is ambitious, grumpy, perfectionist, determined to make his way with a chisel; Leonardo, on the other hand, is a man of blurred contours, very elegant, an experimenter with an omnivorous curiosity who can never respect a delivery. Mercadini, and the unique vision that characterizes his writing, leads us into the crazy and unpredictable heart of the Renaissance through the life and works of two exceptional men. Roberto Mercadini was born in Cesena in 1978. He has more than twenty monologues in his repertoire, ranging from the Hebrew Bible to the origin of philosophy, from evolutionism to happiness. With over 150 performances a year, he leads his storytelling shows and poetic monologues around Romagna and the rest of Italy. L'ingegno e le tenebre. Leonardo e Michelangelo, due geni rivali nel cuore oscuro del Rinascimento is his third book.