Michelangelo / Gabriella Di Cagno ; illustrated by Simone Boni, L.R. Galante ; [English translation, Simon Knight].

Author: Di Cagno, Gabriella
Uniform Title: Michelangelo. English
Published: New York : Peter Bedrick Books, 1996.
Physical Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm.
Additional Creators: Boni, Simone, Galante, L. R., and Knight, Simon

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Series

Masters of art (Peter Bedrick Books)

Contents

Contemporaries -- Sculpture -- Drawing -- From Goitto to Masaccio -- In Lorenzo's garden -- Battle of the centaurs -- Savonarola -- Architecture -- Bacchus -- The republic -- David -- The finish -- Classical Rome -- The Doni Tondo -- Papal Rome -- A tomb for Julius II -- Fresco painting -- The Sistine ceiling: subjects -- The Sistine ceiling: structure -- San Lorenzo -- The Medici tombs -- Fortifications -- Grand Dukes -- The theater and literature -- The Last Judgement -- Michelangelo in Rome -- St. Peter's, Rome -- Pietas -- Michelangelo's legacy -- Key dates -- Catalogue raisonne -- List of works included.

Summary

Briefly examines the life of the renowned Italian artist and traces the development of his art.

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ISBN

0872263193
9780872263192

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.

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