Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (986 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00009AQ5D |
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| Number of Pages | : | 542 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
King provides fabulous tidbits of information and weaves together a fascinating historical tale. Along with technical difficulties, personality conflicts, and money troubles, Michelangelo was plagued by health problems and competition in the form of the dashing and talented young painter Raphael. Almost 500 years after Michelangelo Buonarroti frescoed the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, the site still attracts throngs of visitors and is considered one of the artistic masterpieces of the world. Cohen. The
A humane genius Telma Legris Unlike Brunelleschi's Dome which I have found more tedious, I enjoyed this book thoroughly. It is entertaining and very illustrative of the times Michelangelo and all of the Renaissance masters lived. The papal intrigues also come out as a kind of Agatha Christie mystery in a sense. The hardships Michelangelo had to go through in order to achieve the completion of this supreme . An interesting but ponderous account of a great work of renaissance art. The topic of this book is an artistic and historic blockbuster: Michelangelo's famous frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The author tells the story in great detail -- arguably in too great detail. Every artist and assistant artist and many of their relatives and patrons are given, along with their towns and some of their history -- often with little relevance to the. History in a readable format. This is a very good book and I recommend it for people who like history. The story was well researched and brought the iconic sculptor and painter to life while at the same time informing the reader about the conditions and politics of the time as well as debunking generally held myths about his work. I learned much about the lack of ethics of the Popes, and that Michelangelo d
In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. Nonetheless, he produced one of the greatest masterpieces of all time, about which Giorgio Vasari, in his Lives of the Artists, wrote, "There is no other work to compare with this for excellence, nor could there be." Ross King's fascinating new book tells the story of those four extraordinary years. Four years earlier, at the age of twenty-nine, Michelangelo had unveiled his masterful statue of David in Florence; however, he had little e