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Discovery of art. Michelangelo / Kultur International Films, Inc.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti.
- Artists--Italy--Biography.
- Artists.
- Art, Renaissance--Italy--History.
- Art, Renaissance.
- Genre:
- Biographical television programs.
- Educational television programs.
- Television mini-series.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (46 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Discovery of arts. Michelangelo
- Michelangelo
- Place of Publication:
- Pompton Plains, NJ : Bayview Entertainment, 2000.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Michelangelo (1475-1564) marked the beginning of the modern artist, the artist who claims total freedom with no compromise. As sculptor, painter, architect and poet, he continued the tradition of the early Renaissance and pushed it to its extreme. Although working for princes, lords and pontiffs, he turned the traditional status of the artist from that of a craftsman subordinated to the wishes of his patron into that of a creator with the ultimate power to make aesthetic decisions, prepared to risk his career for the sake of individualism and freedom. In 1512, Michelangelo climbed down for the last time from the scaffolding on which he had spent four years of his life painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, a fresco covering an area of a thousand square meters with over three hundred figures illustrating the Old Testament Book of Genesis.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed February 29, 2024).
- OCLC:
- 1423547087
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