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Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel / Andrew Graham-Dixon.
Fine Arts Library ND623.B9 G66 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham-Dixon, Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564--Criticism and interpretation.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Mural painting and decoration, Italian--Vatican City.
- Mural painting and decoration, Italian.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Vatican City.
- Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance--Vatican City.
- Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance.
- Bible. Old Testament--Illustrations.
- Bible.
- Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City).
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Pictures.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 207 pages, plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., [2009]
- Contents:
- Part one, Michelangelo Buonarroti and his world
- Part two, The Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Genesis cycle, first triad
- The Genesis cycle, second triad
- The Genesis cycle, last triad
- The four spandrel paintings
- The imaginary architecture, the bronze figures, the ignudi
- The ancestors of Christ
- The prophets and sibyls
- Part three, The Last Judgement, and other endings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index.
- "A Herman Graf book."
- ISBN:
- 9781602393684
- 1602393680
- OCLC:
- 236314480
- Publisher Number:
- 99934636849
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