The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

by John Addington Symonds

Overview

THE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

By John Addington Symonds

This is one of the classic studies of Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Renaissance genius, by one of the finest writers on art in modern times, John Addington Symonds. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti is a fascinating, elegantly-written book full of illuminating insights into the life and artistic career of the Italian master. Symonds' study is one of the key reference works for any exploration of Michelangelo.

Fully illustrated in a brand new format, from each stage in Michelangelo's career. Painters Series. 488 pages.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781861716309
Publisher:	Crescent Moon Publishing
Publication date:	08/06/2018
Series:	Painters
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

John Addington Symonds (1840-93) was a major figure in Renaissance studies and in the history of gay rights. He was the author of numerous books on criticism and polemics, including Renaissance in Italy and his classic translation of the Life of Benvenuto Cellini. Creighton E. Gilbert is Professor of History of Art at Yale University. He is the author of the Complete Poems and Selected Letters of Michelangelo and Michelangelo: On and Off the Sistine Ceiling.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

I. 17

BIRTH, BOYHOOD, YOUTH AT FLORENCE, DOWN TO LORENZO DE’ MEDICI’S DEATH. 1475-1492.

II. 37

FIRST VISITS TO BOLOGNA AND ROME – THE MADONNA DELLA FEBBRE AND OTHER WORKS IN MARBLE. 1492-1501.

III. 59 RESIDENCE IN FLORENCE – THE DAVID. 1501-1505.

IV. 77

JULIUS II. CALLS MICHELANGELO TO ROME – PROJECT FOR THE POPE’S TOMB – THE REBUILDING OF S. PETER’S – FLIGHT FROM ROME – CARTOON FOR THE BATTLE OF PISA. 1505, 1506.

V. 102

SECOND VISIT TO BOLOGNA – THE BRONZE STATUE OF JULIUS II – PAINTING OF THE SISTINE VAULT. 1506-1512.

VI. 159

ON MICHELANGELO AS DRAUGHTSMAN, PAINTER, SCULPTOR.

VII. 191

LEO X. PLANS FOR THE CHURCH OF S. LORENZO AT FLORENCE – MICHELANGELO’S LIFE AT CARRARA. 1513-1521.

VIII. 223

ADRIAN VI AND CLEMENT VII – THE SACRISTY AND LIBRARY OF S. LORENZO. 1521-1526.

IX. 242

SACK OF ROME AND SIEGE OF FLORENCE – MICHELANGELO’S FLIGHT TO VENICE – HIS RELATIONS TO THE MEDICI. 1527-1534.

X. 296 ON MICHELANGELO AS ARCHITECT.

XI. 315

FINAL SETTLEMENT IN ROME – PAUL III. – THE LAST JUDGMENT AND THE PAOLINE CHAPEL – THE TOMB OF JULIUS. 1535-1542.

XII. 342

VITTORIA COLONNA AND TOMMASO CAVALIERI – MICHELANGELO AS POET AND MAN OF FEELING.

XIII. 386

MICHELANGELO APPOINTED ARCHITECT-IN-CHIEF AT THE VATICAN – HISTORY OF S. PETER’S. 1542-1557.

XIV. 418

LAST YEARS OF LIFE – MICHELANGELO’S PORTRAITS – ILLNESS OF OLD AGE. 1557-1564.

XV. 453

DEATH AT ROME – BURIAL AND OBSEQUIES AT FLORENCE – ANECDOTES – ESTIMATE OF MICHELANGELO AS MAN AND ARTIST.

Editorial Reviews

"Scholars and students can learn much from a careful reading of this masterpiece of nineteenth-century research, the first modern biography of this famous artist. . . . Symonds's biography stands on its own as a solid, readable, compelling, and appropriate reading for the twenty-first century."—Sixteenth Century Journal

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