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Michelangelo : complete works /

"This comprehensive book explores Michelangelo's life and work with a richly illustrated biographical essay, and a complete four-part inventory of his paintings, sculptures, buildings, and drawings. Full-page reproductions and enlarged details allow readers to appreciate fine details in th...

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Main Authors: Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
Group Author: Z̈ollner, Frank; Thoenes, Christof; P̈opper, Thomas; Taschen, Benedikt
Published: Taschen,
Publisher Address: K̈oln :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
German
Subjects:
Michelangelo Buonarroti, > 1475-1564 > Criticism and interpretation
Michelangelo Buonarroti, > 1475-1564 > Catalogues raisonńes
Art, Renaissance > Italy > Catalogs
Artists > Italy > Biography
Summary: "This comprehensive book explores Michelangelo's life and work with a richly illustrated biographical essay, and a complete four-part inventory of his paintings, sculptures, buildings, and drawings. Full-page reproductions and enlarged details allow readers to appreciate fine details in the artist's vast repertoire, while the book's biographical insights consider a previously unseen extent to Michelangelo's more personal traits and circumstances, such as his solitary nature, his thirst for money and commissions, his immense wealth, and his skill as a property investor. In addition, the book
Item Description: "Original edition ©2007" --colophon.
Includes 16 fold-out pages, making 8 four-page spreads.
Carrier Form: 735 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 39 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783836539357
3836539357
Index Number: N6923
CLC: J205.546
Call Number: J205.546/M623
Contents: Preface / Frank Z̈ollner, Christof Thoenes -- Michelangelo Buonarroti, Life and work. The start of a magnificent career 1475-1491 ; Between Florence, Bologna, and Rome 1492-1500 ; The breakthrough in Florence 1501-1504 ; Between Rome and Florence 1505-1508 ; The Sistine ceiling 1508-1512 -- The architect in Florence 1513-1534 ; The sculptor 1513-1534 ; Presentation drawings and Last Judgment 1534-1541 ; The architect in Rome 1534-1564 ; Late works: the final paintings and sculptures 1540-1564 -- Epilogue -- Catalogue of sculptures -- Catalog of paintings -- Catalogue of architecture -- Cata

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