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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)
November 19, 1479: a dynastic alliance, two noble scions, a regal
wedding, short-lived and with an unhappy ending. These pages
reconstruct the story of the magnificent bas relief in the Acton
Collection (Villa La Pietra, Florence), commissioned to celebrate
the marriage between Antonio Basso Della Rovere, nephew of Pope
Sixtus IV, and Caterina Marzano d'Aragona, the niece of King
Ferdinand I of Naples. The heraldic symbols of the three coats of
arms leave no doubt about the identities of the characters and
events surrounding its creation, and lead us to the original
location of the work, born as the overdoor to the main portal of
the Basso Della Rovere Palace in piazza della Maddalena in Savona.
Through close examination of the Della Rovere in Rome, this study
highlights some previously unknown facts about the family's origins
and returns to Savona and its role as a political, cultural, and
artistic protagonist in late 15th-century Italy.
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