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Michelangelo & Sebastiano

Title

Michelangelo & Sebastiano / Matthias Wivel ; academic consultants, Paul Joannides and Constanza Barbieri ; with additional contributions by Timothy Verdon, Piers Baker-Bates, Silvia Danesi Squarzina, Minna Moore Ede, Jennifer Sliwka, Allison Goudie.

Author

Wivel, Matthias, 1975-

Publication

London, England : National Gallery Company, [2017]
[New Haven, Connecticut] : Yale University Press.
©2017

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Description

271 pages : ilustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 28 cm

Summary

The first publication to consider the relationship between these two major artists of the High Renaissance. Through most of Michelangelo's working life, one of his closest colleagues was the great Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (1485--1541). The two men met in Rome in 1511, shortly after Sebastiano's arrival from his native city, and while Michelangelo was based in Florence from 1516 to 1534 Sebastiano remained one of his Roman confidants, painting several works after partial designs by him. This landmark publication is about the artists' extraordinary professional alliance and the friendship that underpinned it. It situates them in the dramatic context of their time, tracing their evolving artistic relationship through more than three decades of creative dialogue. Matthias Wivel and other leading scholars investigate Michelangelo's profound influence on Sebastiano and the Venetian artist's highly original interpretation of his friend's formal and thematic concerns. The lavishly illustrated text examines their shared preoccupation with the depiction of death and resurrection, primarily in the life of Christ, through a close analysis of drawings, paintings, and sculpture. The book also brings the austerely beautiful work of Sebastiano to a new audience, offering a reappraisal of this less famous but most accomplished artist.

Alternative Title

Michelangelo and Sebastiano

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.

Note

Published to accompany the Credit Suisse exhibition Michelangelo & Sebastiano held at the National Gallery in London, March 15 through June 25, 2017.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

A meeting of minds: the extraordinary artistic partnership of Michelangelo and Sebastiano / Matthias Wivel -- Agostino Chigi: Sebastiano's first Roman patron / Costanza Barbieri -- The infancy, passion and resurrection of Christ in Michelangelo / Timothy Verdon -- Sacra Vigilia: an Augustinian interpretation of the Viterbo Pietà / Costanza Barbieri -- A painting little less than eternal / Piers Baker-Bates -- Catalogue. 1. Origins 1489-1511 ; 2. Together 1512-1524 ; 3. Apart 1525-1547 ; 4. Letters.

Call Number

JQF 17-1020

ISBN

9781857096088
1857096088
9781857096095
1857096096

OCLC

959034369

Author

Wivel, Matthias, 1975- author, organizer.

Title

Publisher

London, England : National Gallery Company, [2017]

Distributor

[New Haven, Connecticut] : Yale University Press.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Event

"Michelangelo & Sebastiano" : March 15-June 25, 2017, The National Gallery, London, England, United Kingdom.

Place of Publication

United Kingdom England London.

Added Author

Joannides, Paul, contributor.

Barbieri, Costanza, contributor.

Verdon, Timothy, contributor.

Baker-Bates, Piers, contributor.

Danesi Squarzina, Silvia, contributor.

Moore Ede, Minna A., contributor.

Sliwka, Jennifer, contributor.

Goudie, Allison, contributor.

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. Works. Selections.

Sebastiano, del Piombo, 1485-1547. Works. Selections.

National Gallery (Great Britain), issuing body, publisher, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 17-1020

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