Michelangelo
Michelangelo
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inc GSTIn this vividly written biography, William E. Wallace offers a new view of the artist. Not only a supremely gifted sculptor, painter, architect and poet, Michelangelo was also an aristocrat who firmly believed in the ancient, noble origins of his family. The belief in his patrician status fueled his lifelong ambition to improve his family's financial situation and to raise the social standing of artists. Michelangelo's ambitions are evident in his writing, dress and comportment, as well as in his ability to befriend, influence and occasionally say 'no' to popes, kings and princes. Written from the words of Michelangelo and his contemporaries, this biography not only tells his own stories, but also brings to life the culture and society of Renaissance Florence and Rome. Not since Irving Stone's novel The Agony and the Ecstasy has there been such a compelling and human portrayal of this remarkable yet credible human individual.
- Presents a new view of Michelangelo as both artist and aristocrat
- Gives readers a clear sense of Michelangelo and his times, among family, friends, popes and patrons
- Written from the words of Michelangelo and his contemporaries, using letters that have not been translated or used in previous studies
Reviews & endorsements
Review of the hardback: 'Immensely readable … with many well-chosen quotations and overlooked facts which portray Michelangelo as a more rounded and less clichéd character than has hitherto been understood.' The Art Newspaper
Product details
September 2011Paperback
9781107673694
424 pages
229 × 153 × 28 mm
0.63kg
10 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction: Note to the reader
- 1. Rome, 1496
- 2. Aristocrat of artists
- 3. Rise to prominence
- 4. Papal summons
- 5. Rome, 1508–1516
- 6. Florence, 1515–1525
- 7. A week in the life
- 8. Florence, 1525–1534
- Part II:
- 9. Rome, 1534–42
- 10. Rome, 1542–45
- 11. Papal architect, Rome, 1546–49
- 12. New friends, diminishing family
- 13. St Peter's
- 14. Late work, long life
- 15. Final years
- 16. Return to Florence.
