Michelangelo : 1475-1564 : the graphic work

Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564 (artist.). Pöpper, Thomas, (author.). Thoenes, Christof, (writer of supplementary textual content.). Williams, Karen (Translator) (Added Author). Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564 Translation of (work): Michelangelo : 1475-1564 : das zeichnerische Werk. (Added Author).

Summary: Michelangelo's breathtaking drawings. Very few artists can claim such lasting and worldwide fame and importance as Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). The nickname il divino (the divine one) has been applied to him since the 1530s right through to today: his achievements as a sculptor, painter, and architect remain unparalleled and his creations are among the best-known artworks in the world. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition is devoted to the artist's graphic work, a testimony to his masterly command of line, form, and detail, from architectural studies to anatomically perfect figures. The book brings together some of the artist's finest drawings from museums and collections around the world as well as some of his own notes and revisions, offering stunning proximity not only to the ambition and scope of Michelangelo's practice but also his working process. A chapter with a compilation of newly attributed and reattributed drawings provides further insights into Michelangelo s varied graphic oeuvre and the ongoing exploration of his genius.

Record details

ISBN: 9783836537193
ISBN: 3836537192
Physical Description: print
725 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Edition: [Revised and updated edition].
Publisher: Köln : Taschen, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	Original edition published: 2007.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-720) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	"a fare le figure": the art of drawing -- Autodidactic sheets, c.1490-1505/06 -- Early religious subjects, early commissions and the Julius Tomb, 1501/02-1531/32 -- The Sistine Ceiling, 1508-1512 -- Anatomical and proportional drawings, 1510s-1530s -- Tombs, utensils and the New Sacristy/Medici Chapel, 1516/18-1544/45 -- Religious and mythological subjects, 1517/20-1534 -- Didactic sheets, masks and caricatures, 1504-1528 -- Divine Heads and other gift drawings, 1520/25-c.1533 -- The Last Judgement and the Pauline Chapel, 1533/34-1546/47 -- Late religious drawings, 1545 -- c.1560 -- Other drawings and sketches of marble blocks, 1517/18-1547 -- Addendum -- The architectural drawings -- Concordance -- Bibliography -- Index -- Credits.
Language Note:	In English; translated from the German.