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Michelangelo

Title
Michelangelo / Michael Hirst.
Author
Hirst, Michael.
Publication
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, <2011->

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v. 1TextUse in library JQE 13-208 v. 1Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
Description
v. : ill. (some col.), plates, ports.; 25 cm.
Summary
Volume 1 is the first of what will be the definitive modern biography of Michelangelo. This illuminating study of Michelangelo's extraordinary career follows the artist from his apprenticeship in Ghirlandaio's workshop to his definitive move to Rome in 1534, when at the age of fifty-nine, he left behind his native Florence, never to return. During these years he created such outstanding works as the marble Pieta, the giant marble David- commissioned for the cathedral in Florence- the Sistine ceiling frescoes and the new sacristy and library for the Medici family at San Lorenzo. He also began the monumental tomb for Pope Julius II in Rome, and be became one of the most sought-after artists of all time. Written by the leading Michelangelo scholar, this prodigiously informative account benefits from recent archival discoveries and restorations, and is enriched by material from the long-awaited editions of the artist's correspondence and artistic contracts. The wealth of new information enables fresh light to be shed on the genesis of Michelangelo's works in sculpture, painting and architecture, and on his complex psychological relations with his family, friends, and powerful patrons. -- from Book Jacket, v.1
Alternative Title
Michelangelo: the achievement of fame.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • V. 1. The achievement of fame, 1475-1534 -- .
  • Volume 1 Contents: -- Florentine origins -- The first Roman encounter -- Return to Florence -- The artist and Pope Julius -- The Sistine Chapel ceiling -- After Pope Julius -- Pope Leo and Florence -- Undertakings in Rome and Florence -- A vulnerable artist -- Florentine epilogue.
Call Number
JQE 13-208
ISBN
  • 9780300118612 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0300118619 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011042294
OCLC
778353267
Author
Hirst, Michael.
Title
Michelangelo / Michael Hirst.
Imprint
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, <2011->
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
Added Title
Michelangelo: the achievement of fame.
Research Call Number
JQE 13-208
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