Michelangelo S Medici Chapel

Author : Edith Balas
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Mannerism (Art)
ISBN : 0871692163

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Michelangelo's Medici Chapel by Edith Balas Pdf

There are no surviving documents that explain Michelangelo's complex sculptural program for the Medici Chapel. The work as we have it is no more than an unfinished, fragmentary realization of the artist's original conception. Speculation about its meaning began quite early, for Michelangelo's contemporaries were apparently no better informed than we. An interpretation made by Benedetto Varchi in 1549 & since universally accepted, was by his own admission a personal opinion, not confirmed by the artist. In the 16th century, interpretations quite at variance with modern scholarly assumptions were made. Here, Dr. Edith Balas contends that the artist deliberately veiled his meaning in obscurity, making his images, like the language of Neoplatonic philosophers, intelligible only to an intellectual elite. Assuming the role of the Magus, Michelangelo conceived a cryptic, magical world of potent allegorical images designed not simply or primarily to commemorate the departed Medici but to help achieve elevation for their souls. Illus.

Author : Michelangelo,James H. Beck,Antonio Paolucci,Bruno Santi,Michelangelo Buonarroti,Agnese Parronchi,Francesco Panichi
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : 0500236909

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Michelangelo by Michelangelo,James H. Beck,Antonio Paolucci,Bruno Santi,Michelangelo Buonarroti,Agnese Parronchi,Francesco Panichi Pdf

When Michelangelo left Florence for Rome in 1534, the Medici tombs were unfinished, but there was no question of another sculptor being brought in to complete them. They were already icons of artistic perfection, which it would be sacrilege for anyone else to touch. That eminence they retain to this day. The two seated Medici Dukes and the reclining figures of Night, Day, Dawn and Dusk are among the most famous sculptures in the world, endlessly copied and universally recognisable.

Author : Petr Barenboĭm,Arthur Heath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Sculpture, Italian
ISBN : 590607242X

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500 Years of the New Sacristy by Petr Barenboĭm,Arthur Heath Pdf

Author : Eugène Müntz
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781781608579

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Michelangelo and artworks by Eugène Müntz Pdf

Michelangelo, like Leonardo, was a man of many talents; sculptor, architect, painter and poet, he made the apotheosis of muscular movement, which to him was the physical manifestation of passion. He moulded his draughtsmanship, bent it, twisted it, and stretched it to the extreme limits of possibility. There are not any landscapes in Michelangelo's painting. All the emotions, all the passions, all the thoughts of humanity were personified in his eyes in the naked bodies of men and women. He rarely conceived his human forms in attitudes of immobility or repose. Michelangelo became a painter so that he could express in a more malleable material what his titanesque soul felt, what his sculptor's imagination saw, but what sculpture refused him. Thus this admirable sculptor became the creator, at the Vatican, of the most lyrical and epic decoration ever seen: the Sistine Chapel. The profusion of his invention is spread over this vast area of over 900 square metres. There are 343 principal figures of prodigious variety of expression, many of colossal size, and in addition a great number of subsidiary ones introduced for decorative effect. The creator of this vast scheme was only thirty-four when he began his work. Michelangelo compels us to enlarge our conception of what is beautiful. To the Greeks it was physical perfection; but Michelangelo cared little for physical beauty, except in a few instances, such as his painting of Adam on the Sistine ceiling, and his sculptures of the Pietà. Though a master of anatomy and of the laws of composition, he dared to disregard both if it were necessary to express his concept: to exaggerate the muscles of his figures, and even put them in positions the human body could not naturally assume. In his later painting, The Last Judgment on the end wall of the Sistine, he poured out his soul like a torrent. Michelangelo was the first to make the human form express a variety of emotions. In his hands emotion became an instrument upon which he played, extracting themes and harmonies of infinite variety. His figures carry our imagination far beyond the personal meaning of the names attached to them.

Author : Charles De Tolnay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015015816948

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Michelangelo: The Medici Chapel by Charles De Tolnay Pdf

Author : Stephan Koja,Claudia Kryza-Gersch,Hirmer Verlag
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Art, High Renaissance
ISBN : 3777431788

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Shadows of Time by Stephan Koja,Claudia Kryza-Gersch,Hirmer Verlag Pdf

Giambologna (1529 - 1606) is regarded as the most important European sculptor between Michelangelo and Bernini. How did he achieve this status? This volume investigates this question and examines above all Giambologna's study of Michelangelo, his all-powerful role model, and how he successfully prevailed. The young Flemish artist Giambologna most probably embarked on his study trip to Rome in 1550. On his way home he visited Florence, decided to stay and became the star at the Medici court. They sent his sculptures to the princely courts of Europe, where they became sought-after gifts. Although we know a great deal about his success, we know little of his early years in Italy, because he first appeared on the scene as a sculptor from about 1560. The alabaster figures after Michelangelo's "Times of Day" in Dresden, hitherto largely ignored, seem to be early works by the master sculptor. An examination of these sculptures promises to shed fresh light on the development of a genius.

Author : William Wallace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781136542688

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Michaelangelo: Selected Readings by William Wallace Pdf

Michaelangelo: Selected Readings is the long-awaited condensation of the five volume English article collection of Michaelangelo's life. Selections include: Life and Early Works; The Sistine Chapel; San Lorenzo; Tomb of Julius II and Other Works in Rome; and Drawings, Poetry and Miscellaneous Studies.

Author : Cristina Acidini,Cristina Acidini Luchinat,Palazzo Strozzi,Art Institute of Chicago,Palazzo Strozzi (Florence, Italie).,Detroit Institute of Arts,Art institute (Chicago, Ill.).,Marco Chiarini
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300094957

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The Medici, Michelangelo, & the Art of Late Renaissance Florence by Cristina Acidini,Cristina Acidini Luchinat,Palazzo Strozzi,Art Institute of Chicago,Palazzo Strozzi (Florence, Italie).,Detroit Institute of Arts,Art institute (Chicago, Ill.).,Marco Chiarini Pdf

"Publisdhed in conjuntion with the exhibition: Magnificenza! the Medici, Michelangelo, & the Art of Late Renaissance Florence (In Italy, L'Ombra del genio: Michelangelo e l'arte a Firenze, 1538-1631) ..."--Title page verso.

Author : Charles De Tolnay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0691038546

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The Sistine Ceiling by Charles De Tolnay Pdf

Author : Hugo Chapman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300112866

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Michelangelo by Hugo Chapman Pdf

A study of Michelangelo's drawings held in the collections of the British Museum. These drawings range from unfinished sketches to studies of some of his most famous works such as the Sistine chapel ceiling and the Last Judgment.

Author : Bruno Santi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Church buildings
ISBN : UVA:X006006649

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The Medici Chapels and San Lorenzo by Bruno Santi Pdf

Author : Maria Luisa Rizzatti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCSD:31822015330418

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The Life, Times and Art of Michelangelo by Maria Luisa Rizzatti Pdf

Author : James S. Ackerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015005969103

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The Architecture of Michelangelo: Text and plates by James S. Ackerman Pdf

Author : Marco Bussagli
Publisher : Giunti Editore
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 8809015916

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Michelangelo by Marco Bussagli Pdf

Author : James S. Ackerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000029051519

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The Architecture of Michelangelo by James S. Ackerman Pdf