The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti; Based on Studies in the Archives of the Buonarroti Family at Florence Volume 1
- ISBN-10
- 1230446486
- ISBN-13
- 9781230446486
- Pages
- 120
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- Theclassics.Us
- Author
- John Addington Symonds
Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. I. Michelangelo returns to Florence early in 1501.--Ilis fame is now established.--Order for fifteen statues of male saints to be placed in the Cathedral of Siena.--Order for the David at Florence.--History of the marble.--Agostino di Guccio.--2. Michelangelo completes the David in two years.--The Council of Notables convened to decide upon its place.--Removal of the statue to the Piazza.-- Subsequent history of the David.--3. Criticism of the David.--Its realistic quality.--Michelangelo's method of working in marble.-- Cellini's and Vasari's accounts of the sculptor's art in their age.-- 4. Soderini, Gonfalonier of Florence.--Story about him and the David.--He commissions Michelangelo to cast another David, and a copy of Donatello's David for France.--History of the second David in bronze.--Order to make twelve marble Apostles for the Duotno.--The S. Matteo.--Michelangelo worked with the left hand as well as the right.--5. The circular bas-reliefs of the Holy Family at Florence and in London.--Their picturesque treatment.--The Doni Holy Family at the Uffizi.--6. Lionardo da Vinci engaged to paint one side of the Sala del Gran Consiglio.--Michelangelo commissioned to paint the other side.--The Cartoons for the Battle of the Standard and the Battle of Pisa.--Michelangelo's literary interests become prominent at this period. I. Michelangelo returned to Florence in the spring of 1501. Condivi says that domestic affairs compelled him to leave Rome, and the correspondence with his father makes this not improbable. He brought a heightened reputation back to his native city. The Bacchus and the Madonna della Febbre had placed him in advance of any sculptor of his time. Indeed, in these first years of the sixteenth century he...
