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Loading... Michelangelo (1980)by Linda Murray
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Excellent and extremely detailed analysis of the artist's life and work. Contains mostly black and white photos. The historical background makes for dull or beautiful reading depending on one's interest with the subject of the High Renaissance and the creative epoch which it was. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Contemporaries saw Michelangelo as the greatest artist of all time, recognizing in his creations an inspiration more divine than human. Today our appreciation of Michelangelo's sublime vision, and of his matchless gifts as sculptor, painter, architect and poet, has been strengthened and enriched by the perspective of four centuries. And Michelangelo himself has become the archetype of the artist of genius - dedicated, solitary, single-minded, tormented, unsatisfied and undefeated. In this lucid and authoritative introduction to Michelangelo's life and work, Linda Murray explores the political and religious context of his career, the recurring themes in his work and the complex symbolism and iconography of his greatest masterpieces. Book jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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