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Michelangelo / Stefanie Penck ; [translated from the German by Paul Aston].
- Title
- Michelangelo / Stefanie Penck ; [translated from the German by Paul Aston].
- Author
- Penck, Stefanie
- Publication
- Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | N6923.B9 P4613 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 94 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 27 cm.
- Summary
- The informative text, accompanied by 50 colour and black-and-white illustrations, will captivate aficionados of Michelangelo as well as fans of the cities of Rome and Florence.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biografie.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The sculptor, painter, architect and poet -- Ideal working conditions in the Medici sculpture garden -- Liberating figures from stone : the first sculptural marvels -- First glimpses of ancient masterpieces -- 'Finer than any work in marble' : the Pieta for St. Peter's -- A giant statue for Florence -- The 'tragedy of the tomb' -- The ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel -- The 'tragedy of the tomb', continued -- A facade for San Lorenzo -- 'Time, which consumes all things' and the Medici Chapel -- Architecture as sculpture : the Biblioteca Laurenziana -- Michelangelo and love -- The last judgement -- Failure at the highest level : the Florentine Pieta -- An architect at the centre of Christendom. The sculptor, painter, architect and poet -- Ideal working conditions in the Medici sculpture garden -- Liberating figures from stone : the first sculptural marvels -- First glimpses of ancient masterpieces -- 'Finer than any work in marble' : the Pieta for St. Peter's -- A giant statue for Florence -- The 'tragedy of the tomb' -- The ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel -- The 'tragedy of the tomb', continued -- A facade for San Lorenzo -- 'Time, which consumes all things' and the Medici Chapel -- Architecture as sculpture : the Biblioteca Laurenziana -- Michelangelo and love -- The last judgement -- Failure at the highest level : the Florentine Pieta -- An architect at the centre of Christendom.
- ISBN
- 3791334271 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2005283367
- OCLC
- 61129870
- SCSB-9961657
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library