Michelangelo / Eugene Müntz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müntz, Eugène, 1845-1902.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.

Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Art, Renaissance--Italy.

Art, Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Parkstone International, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The name Michelangelo instantly conjures up the Sistine Chapel, the David, the Pieta and countless other great works. In his History of Italian Painting, the French writer Stendhal remarked that, "between Greek antiquity and Michelangelo nothing exists, except more or less skilled forgeries". The work of Michelangelo has, indisputably, stood the test of time. How was he able, in so few years, to develop the methods behind a body of work worthy of his Greek predecessors? Often referred to as a superhuman and a creative genius, Michelangelo was an incomparable artist of the Italian Renaissance

Contents:

Contents; INTRODUCTION; THE SCULPTOR; Late Renaissance Sculpture; The Oeuvre; THE PAINTER AND THE DRAFTSMAN; Late Renaissance Painting And Drawing; The Oeuvre; THE ARCHITECT; Late Renaissance Architecture; The Oeuvre; CONCLUSION; BIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource, PDF version (viewed on August 28,2023).

ISBN:

9781283959100

1283959100

9781780427461

1780427468

OCLC:

787847676