Michelangelo Buonarrotti (1475-1564) is perhaps the greatest artist in the entire Western tradition. In painting, sculpture and architecture he created works that went beyond anything imagined before. The David - miraculously created, as Vasari describes, out of a piece of marble botched by another sculptor - the Sistine Ceiling, the Sistine Last Judgement, before which the Pope knelt in terrified prayer when it was first unveiled: these works have lost none of their awe-inspiring power. Michelangelo's impact was immediate, ...
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Michelangelo Buonarrotti (1475-1564) is perhaps the greatest artist in the entire Western tradition. In painting, sculpture and architecture he created works that went beyond anything imagined before. The David - miraculously created, as Vasari describes, out of a piece of marble botched by another sculptor - the Sistine Ceiling, the Sistine Last Judgement, before which the Pope knelt in terrified prayer when it was first unveiled: these works have lost none of their awe-inspiring power. Michelangelo's impact was immediate, and he achieved a level of fame and influence that was unprecedented. It is not surprising, therefore, that the painter Giorgio Vasari should have made him the culmination of his Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects, the first true work of art history. Vasari was a close colleague as well as a fellow artist and fellow Florentine. The biography printed here, from Vasari's much improved second edition, draws a picture of Michelangelo the man and the artist that has an immediacy and an authority that have not been surpassed. The introduction by David Hemsoll situates this great work in the context of 16th century Italian art.
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No Jacket. Los Angeles. 2018. April 2018. Getty Publications. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781606065655. 4½ × 5¾ inches 42 color and 4 b/w illustrations. NAO / J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM. 240 pages. paperback. keywords: Art History. DESCRIPTION-Lives of the Artists: Vivid and engaging accounts of the world's most renowned artists by their contemporaries. What does Vasari have to teach us about Raphael? What did Van Gogh's sister-in-law think of his painting? What was it like for Rilke to be Rodin's secretary? The Lives of the Artists series offers illuminating, and sometimes intimate, accounts of major artists as viewed by their contemporaries. Each volume contains a contextualizing introduction from a modern scholar and beautiful full-page images. These books represent a diversity of opinions, perspectives, and voices that scholars, art aficionados, and even those brand new to the history of art will find informative, accessible, and unique. inventory #43622.
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I have always admirer Michelangelo ever since my youth. But after reading "The Agony and the Ecstasy" I was hooked on Michelangelo. Now this novel by artist "Giorgio Vasari" is most enjoyable. As I desire to read other books by him.
He has given me a great joy in knowing Michelanglo. Now I understand him just a little more.
