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A comprehensive and breathtakingly illustrated presentation of the
genius of Michelangelo by the world's leading expert on the artist
The Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
was especially celebrated for his disegno, a term that embraces
both drawing and conceptual design. Featuring more than 200
drawings as well as paintings, sculpture, and architectural plans
and views, this authoritative examines Michelangelo as "the divine
draftsman and designer" whose work, according to Giorgio Vasari,
embodied the unity of the arts. Carmen C. Bambach delivers a
thorough and engaging narrative of the artist's long career,
beginning with his training under Ghirlandaio and Bertoldo and
ending with his 17-year appointment as chief architect of St.
Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. In each thematic chapter, related
drawings and other works are illustrated and discussed together,
many for the first time, to provide new insights into
Michelangelo's creative process. In addition to St. Peter's, other
featured projects include the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the Tomb of
Pope Julius II, and the architecture of the Campidoglio in Rome.
Michelangelo's theories of art are also explored, and new
consideration is given to his personal life and affections and
their effect on his creative output. Magnificent in every way, this
book will be the foremost publication about this remarkable artist
for many years. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of
Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The
Metropolitan Museum of Art (11/13/17-02/12/18)
A beautiful volume that brings to light the forgotten Le Nain
brothers, a trio of 17th-century French master painters who
specialized in portraiture, religious subjects, and scenes of
everyday peasant life In France in the 17th century, the brothers
Antoine (c. 1598-1648), Louis (c. 1600/1605-1648), and Mathieu
(1607-1677) Le Nain painted images of everyday life for which they
became posthumously famous. They are celebrated for their
depictions of middle-class leisure activities, and particularly for
their representations of peasant families, who gaze out at the
viewer. The uncompromising naturalism of these compositions, along
with their oddly suspended action, imparts a sense of dignity to
their subjects. Featuring more than sixty paintings highlighting
the artists' full range of production, including altarpieces,
private devotional paintings, portraits, and the poignant images of
peasants for which the brothers are best known, this generously
illustrated volume presents new research concerning the authorship,
dating, and meaning of the works by well-known scholars in the
field. Also groundbreaking are the results of a technical study of
the paintings, which constitutes a major contribution to the
scholarship on the Le Nain brothers. Published in association with
the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Exhibition Schedule: Kimbell
Art Museum (05/22/16-09/11/16) de Young Museum, San Francisco
(10/08/16-01/29/17) Musee du Louvre-Lens (03/22/2017-06/26/2017)
A new look at George Caleb Bingham's iconic river paintings and his
creative process in making them George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879)
moved to Missouri as a child and began painting the scenes of
Missouri life for which he is now famous in the 1840s. Navigating
the West explores how Bingham's iconic river paintings reveal the
cultural and economic significance of the massive Mississippi and
Missouri waterways to mid-19th-century society. Focusing on the
artist's working methods and preparatory drawings, the book also
explores Bingham's representations of people and places and
situates these images in a dialogue with other contemporary
depictions of the region. Of particular note are two landmark
essays investigating Bingham's creative process through comparisons
of infrared images of 17 of his paintings with both his preparatory
drawings and the completed works, casting new light on his
previously understudied process. Technical analysis of the artist's
lauded masterpiece, Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, reveals
Bingham's considerable revisions to the painting. In the concluding
essay, the 20th-century revival of the artist's work is discussed
within the context of American Regionalism and in light of a
shifting sequence of narratives about the nation's past and future.
Distributed for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and the
Saint Louis Art Museum Exhibition Schedule: Amon Carter Museum of
American Art (10/04/14-01/04/15) Saint Louis Art Museum
(02/22/15-05/17/15) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(06/22/15-09/20/15)
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