Belevenissen van de beroemde Italiaanse kunstenaar (1475-1564) in de tijd dat hij nog een kind was. Met gekleurde tekeningen. Vanaf ca. 9 jaar.
He tells the grand story of the artist’s expansive career, profiling his working habits; describing the creation of countless masterpieces, from the David to the Sistine Chapel ceiling; and illuminating his relationships with popes and ...
This book reproduces 46 of his finest drawings, embodying most of his artistic themes and techniques, and executed in his characteristic media of pen and ink, and red and black chalk.
An account of the life of the revolutionary art master is told through the stories of six of his greatest masterpieces including the Pietà, David and the Sistine Chapel, revealing how each expanded the medium's range and reflected the ...
George Bull presents the life of Michelangelo in the round, bringing before the reader a towering genius whose versatility and originality are constantly being rediscovered.
Recounts Michelangelo's creation of his masterpiece, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, from his commission from Pope Julius II, through the artist's four years of work, to the final acclaim at the paintings' 1512 unveiling.
Barkan has altered many of my own settled understandings of the artist. This book is an important contribution to Renaissance studies, and a stimulating and fresh approach to Michelangelo scholarship.
187 That was bad enough, Rosselli felt, but the next comments were worse. Having stuck the knife in the absent rebel, Bramante proceeded to give it a twist, adding confidentially, “I don't think he has the heart for it, ...
Provides information about the artist who is well-known for creating the statue of David and the fresco painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo and the Reform of Art explores Michelangelo's awareness of artistic tradition as a means of understanding his relation to the profound religious uncertainty of the sixteenth century.
Considers how the surviving letters of Michelangelo have a distinctly public character and show us the external man.