Michelangelo
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Michelangelo
（Art & ideas）
Phaidon, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-345) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A legend within his own lifetime, Michelangelo (1457-1564) has been universally admired in the centuries since his death. Anthony Hughes employs the latest evidence from research and restoration projects to take a fresh look at what Michelangelo was and what he has become. The book sets the artist firmly within the political and social world he inhabited, offering a full account of his creative endeavours in sculpture, drawing, painting, architecture and poetry.
Table of Contents
- Citizens from a noble line - early life and family status
- these great men - looking for new patrons
- readiness and triumph - serving the Florentine republic
- strong, violent and difficult to manage - working for Julius II
- the return of the Medici - Michelangelo's first architecture
- much shall be done - the chapel and library at San Lorenzo
- a knight at arms - private and public life in Rome
- Julius laid to rest - the tomb and the last paintings
- how much blood costs - the final years
- the unfinished task - making sense of Michelangelo.
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