Michelangelo Buonarroti
2) Michelangelo
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Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the sixteenth-century Italian artist accompanies sixty annotated color plates of his reliefs, drawings, sculptures, frescoes, and architecture.
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Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
You cannot stand underneath the masterwork that is the Sistine Chapel without considering the genius and painstaking work that went into its creation. Michelangelo Buonarroti never wanted to paint the Sistine Chapel, though. Appointed by the temperamental Julius II, Michelangelo believed the suspiciously large-scale project to be a plot for failure conspired by his rivals and the "Warrior Pope." After all, Michelangelo was not a painter-he was a sculptor....
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Publisher
Vendome Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Spike covers the full range of Michelangelo's early years and explores the overwhelming influence that his charismatic personality had upon his contemporaries and followers. He traces Michelangelo's development into a master sculptor, probes his involvement in the most troubling controversies of his age, and recreates Florence and Rome with vivid sketches.
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Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In the same format of the best-selling Leonardo's Notebooks, which has 320,000 copies in print worldwide, Michelangelo's Notebooks is an illustrated record of the artist's life and work. Michelangelo is considered one of the greatest poets of the sixteenth century. He also filled hundreds of sheets of paper with exquisite drawings, many of which went on to become some of the most celebrated masterpieces of all-time.Organized chronologically, this...
9) Michelangelo
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Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Description
In this gripping biography of Michelangelo, learn what influenced his art and his actions, and find out why he is still important today.
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"One of the The Daily Beast's (Brad Gooch) Favorite Books of the Year for 2010" Leonard Barkan is the Class of 1943 University Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University. His books include Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture; The Gods Made Flesh: Metamorphosis and the Pursuit of Paganism; and Satyr Square: A Year, a Life in Rome.
A groundbreaking account of the role of writing in...
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Series
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Michelangelo's breathtaking drawings. Very few artists can claim such lasting and worldwide fame and importance as Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). The nickname il divino (the divine one) has been applied to him since the 1530s right through to today: his achievements as a sculptor, painter, and architect remain unparalleled and his creations are among the best-known artworks in the world. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition is devoted to the...