Michelangelo's Nose
Author: Paul Barolsky
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1997-09-15
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0271032723
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An exploration of the ways in which Michelangelo created himself.
Author: Paul Barolsky
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1997-09-15
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0271032723
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An exploration of the ways in which Michelangelo created himself.
Author: Felipe Pereda
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2024
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 0271098082
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Explores the life and work of the Renaissance sculptor Pietro Torrigiano, disentangling legend from history in his life story and reconstructing his work as an artist and in particular as a sculptor"--
Author: Angela K. Nickerson
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: 2010-07-30
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1458785475
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Journey into Michelangelo's Rome follows Michelangelo from his arrival in Rome in 1496 to his death in the city almost seventy years later. It tells the story of Michelangelo's meteoric rise and artistic breakthroughs, of his tempestuous relations with powerful patrons, and of his austere but passionate private life. Each chapter focuses on a particular work that stunned his contemporaries and continues to impress today's visitors. From the tender sorrow of his sculpted Piet, to the civic elegance of his restoration of Capitoline Hill, to the grandeur of his dome atop St. Peter's, Michelangelo's work adorns the city in numerous ways.
Author: Felipe Pereda
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2024-03-27
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 0271098074
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Hellmut Wohl
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780271044835
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Tamra B. Orr
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-12-15
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 1534565345
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It was Michelangelo's talent and imagination that created the Pieta, the famous statue of David, and the Sistine Chapel's ceilings. What was his life like before he became famous? Readers discover the story of Michelangelo Buonarroti, a man who sculpted with materials others abandoned, whose first official piece of art was really a fraud, and who hid his own likeness in many of his paintings. This artistic genius was as fascinating as he was skilled, and his life is presented to readers through engaging main text and sidebars, annotated quotes from art historians, and examples of his most famous works.
Author: William E. Wallace
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-07-25
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 1139505688
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this vividly written biography, William E. Wallace offers a new view of the artist. Not only a supremely gifted sculptor, painter, architect and poet, Michelangelo was also an aristocrat who firmly believed in the ancient, noble origins of his family. The belief in his patrician status fueled his lifelong ambition to improve his family's financial situation and to raise the social standing of artists. Michelangelo's ambitions are evident in his writing, dress and comportment, as well as in his ability to befriend, influence and occasionally say 'no' to popes, kings and princes. Written from the words of Michelangelo and his contemporaries, this biography not only tells his own stories, but also brings to life the culture and society of Renaissance Florence and Rome. Not since Irving Stone's novel The Agony and the Ecstasy has there been such a compelling and human portrayal of this remarkable yet credible human individual.
Author: Philip Wilkinson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780792255338
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An illustrated biography of Michelangelo, the Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor.
Author: Sue Tatem
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2010-11
Total Pages: 99
ISBN-13: 1456814575
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-03-07
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9401200424
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection opens with an inquiry into the assumptions and methods of the historical study of culture, comparing the new cultural history with the old. Thirteen essays follow, each defining a problem within a particular culture. In the first section, Biography and Autobiography, three scholars explore historically changing types of self-conception, each reflecting larger cultural meanings; essays included examine Italian Renaissance biographers and the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Mohandas Gandhi. A second group of contributors explore problems raised by the writing of history itself, especially as it relates to a notion of culture. Here examples are drawn from the writings of Thucydides, Jacob Burckhardt, and the art historians Alois Riegl and Josef Strzygowski. In the third section, Politics, Nationalism, and Culture, the essays explore relationships between cultural creativity and national identity, with case studies focusing on the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, the place of Castile within the national history of Spain, and the impact of World War I on work of Thomas Mann. The final section, Cultural Translation, raises the complex questions of cultural influence and the transmission of traditions over time through studies of Philo of Alexandria's interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, Erasmus' use of Socrates, Jean Bodin's conception of Roman law, and adaptations of the Hebrew Bible for American children.