A journey into Michelangelo's Rome [electronic resource] / Angela K. Nickerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nickerson, Angela K., 1973-

Series:

ArtPlace series.

ArtPlace series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.

Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Artists--Italy--Biography.

Artists.

Rome (Italy)--Description and travel.

Rome (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Roaring Forties Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From St. Peter's Basilica to the Capitoline Hill, this unique resource - part biography, part history, and part travel guide - provides an intimate portrait of the relationship between Michelangelo and the city he restored to artistic greatness. Lavishly illustrated and richly informative, this travel companion tells the story of Michelangelo's meteoric rise, his career marked by successive artistic breakthroughs, his tempestuous relations with powerful patrons, and his austere but passionate private life. Providing street maps that allow readers to navigate the city and discover Rome as Michelangelo knew it, each chapter focuses on a particular work that amazed Michelangelo’s contemporaries and modern tourists alike.

Contents:

Michelangelo: a man of his time

Florence: Michelangelo and the House of Medici

Rome: marvels in marble

San Pietro in Vincoli: the tragedy of the tomb

Sistine Chapel: the Pope and the painter

Quirinal Hill: a faithful servant

Capitoline Hill: a humanist city

Vatican and beyond: churches of Rome

Macel de'Corvi: "Death often tugs me."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-9846254-0-2

0-9823410-5-9

OCLC:

568279645