William E. Wallace (St Louis Washington University)

Michelangelo

The Artist, the Man, and His Times

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Produktbeschreibung

Wallace offers a new view of Michelangelo. Not only a sculptor, painter, architect and poet, he was also an aristocrat who believed in the noble origins of his family. This biography tells his own stories, and also brings to life the culture and society of Renaissance Florence and Rome.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 154mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9781107673694
• ISBN-10: 1107673690
• Artikelnr.: 33352887

Autorenporträt

An internationally recognized authority on Michelangelo, William E. Wallace is the Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History at Washington University, St Louis. He has received fellowships from Villa I Tatti, Harvard University's Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence, and the American Academy in Rome. The author of Michelangelo at San Lorenzo, he served as the principal consultant for The Divine Michelangelo, a two-part file produced by the BBC, and he recently completed a 36-lecture audiovisual course entitled 'The Genius of Michelangelo' for The Teaching Company.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: Note to the reader
1. Rome, 1496
2. Aristocrat of artists
3. Rise to prominence
4. Papal summons
5. Rome, 1508-1516
6. Florence, 1515-1525
7. A week in the life
8. Florence, 1525-1534
Part II: 9. Rome, 1534-42
10. Rome, 1542-45
11. Papal architect, Rome, 1546-49
12. New friends, diminishing family
13. St Peter's
14. Late work, long life
15. Final years
16. Return to Florence.