Michelangelo. Life of a Genius
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At thirty-one, Michelangelo was considered the finest artist in Italy and perhaps the world; long before his death at the advanced age of nearly ninety, admirers called him the greatest sculptor and painter who ever lived. (And detractors, of whom there was no shortage either - an arrogant cad, a miser, and a fraud.) Decade after decade he worked in the epicenter of turbulent events that determined the face of the European world and the course of history. Michelangelo's accomplishments are grandiose - just remember the huge area of frescoes of the Sistine Chapel or the marble giant David. And yet realized by him at the limit of human strength - only a small fraction of his plans, the scale of which was truly more to match the demiurge than mortal ...
In his book, renowned art historian and art critic Martin Gayford explores what was the world in which the titanic genius of the Renaissance had to accomplish his artistic feats, and what it was like to live in this world himself - Michelangelo Buonarroti, the man who forever changed our idea of what an artist should be.
In his book, renowned art historian and art critic Martin Gayford explores what was the world in which the titanic genius of the Renaissance had to accomplish his artistic feats, and what it was like to live in this world himself - Michelangelo Buonarroti, the man who forever changed our idea of what an artist should be.
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