Michelangelos Last Painting

Author : Jennifer Dasal
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143134590
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ArtCurious written by Jennifer Dasal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you also know that Monet and his cohort were trailblazing rebels whose works were originally deemed unbelievably ugly and vulgar? And while you probably know the tale of Vincent van Gogh's suicide, you may not be aware that there's pretty compelling evidence that the artist didn't die by his own hand but was accidentally killed--or even murdered. Or how about the fact that one of Andy Warhol's most enduring legacies involves Caroline Kennedy's moldy birthday cake and a collection of toenail clippings? ArtCurious is a colorful look at the world of art history, revealing some of the strangest, funniest, and most fascinating stories behind the world's great artists and masterpieces. Through these and other incredible, weird, and wonderful tales, ArtCurious presents an engaging look at why art history is, and continues to be, a riveting and relevant world to explore.

Author : Andrew A. Boemi
Publisher : Dodd Merrill Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780988322912
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Michelangelo's Last Painting written by Andrew A. Boemi and published by Dodd Merrill Press, LLC. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boemi presents an epic tale of international intrigue and conspiracy at the highest levels. The story spans more than 400 years and exposes a chilling revelation discovered in the faces of the original chalk drawing and then concealed in a secret book of the Jesuit religious order and in a painting, which is lost. The terrifying revelation is an ancient curse, which explains attempts to exterminate the Jewish people since the time of Abraham.

Author : Bernadine Barnes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520205499
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Michelangelo's Last Judgment written by Bernadine Barnes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-02-12 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively, original book, illustrated with photographs of the recently restored work, Barnes analyzes the Last Judgment and the historical context in which it was created and received. She broadens our view of Michelangelo and his creative process and offers new insight into one of his greatest works.

Author : Leo Steinberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780195198157
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Michelangelo's Last Paintings written by Leo Steinberg and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James A. Connor
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780230605732
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Judgment written by James A. Connor and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich exploration of Michelangelo's masterpiece, "The Last Judgment," unlocking the mysteries of a turbulent period in European history

Author : Loren W. Partridge
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Michelangelo--the Last Judgment written by Loren W. Partridge and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1997 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated with over 150 colour photos showing the painting in its entirety, and close-up.

Author : Leo Steinberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022648257X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Michelangelo’s Sculpture written by Leo Steinberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-11-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leo Steinberg was one of the most original and daring art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretative risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures that ranged from old masters to contemporary art, he combined scholarly erudition with an eloquent prose that illuminated his subject and a credo that privileged the visual evidence of the image over the literature written about it. His works, sometimes provocative and controversial, remain vital and influential reading. For half a century, Steinberg delved into Michelangelo’s work, revealing the symbolic structures underlying the artist’s highly charged idiom. This volume of essays and unpublished lectures explicates many of Michelangelo’s most celebrated sculptures, applying principles gleaned from long, hard looking. Almost everything Steinberg wrote included passages of old-fashioned formal analysis, but here put to the service of interpretation. He understood that Michelangelo’s rendering of figures as well as their gestures and interrelations conveys an emblematic significance masquerading under the guise of naturalism. Michelangelo pushed Renaissance naturalism into the furthest reaches of metaphor, using the language of the body and its actions to express fundamental Christian tenets once expressible only by poets and preachers—or, as Steinberg put it, in Michelangelo’s art, “anatomy becomes theology.” Michelangelo’s Sculpture is the first in a series of volumes of Steinberg’s selected writings and unpublished lectures, edited by his longtime associate Sheila Schwartz. The volume also includes a book review debunking psychoanalytic interpretation of the master’s work, a light-hearted look at Michelangelo and the medical profession and, finally, the shortest piece Steinberg ever published.

Author : Andrew Graham-Dixon
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1602393680
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel written by Andrew Graham-Dixon and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story behind the timeless Renaissance revealed.

Author : William E. Wallace
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691212759
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Michelangelo, God's Architect written by William E. Wallace and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme painter and sculptor began carving his own tomb. It was at this unlikely moment that fate intervened to task Michelangelo with the most ambitious and daunting project of his long creative life. 'Michelangelo, God's Architect' is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peter's Basilica and other major buildings. When the Pope handed Michelangelo control of the St. Peter's project in 1546, it was a study in architectural mismanagement, plagued by flawed design and faulty engineering. Assessing the situation with his uncompromising eye and razor-sharp intellect, Michelangelo overcame the furious resistance of Church officials to persuade the Pope that it was time to start over. In this richly illustrated book, leading Michelangelo expert William Wallace sheds new light on this least familiar part of Michelangelo's biography, revealing a creative genius who was also a skilled engineer and enterprising businessman. The challenge of building St. Peter's deepened Michelangelo's faith, Wallace shows. Fighting the intrigues of Church politics and his own declining health, Michelangelo became convinced that he was destined to build the largest and most magnificent church ever conceived. And he was determined to live long enough that no other architect could alter his design."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Benjamin Blech
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006198745X
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sistine Secrets written by Benjamin Blech and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shocking Secrets of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Artwork The recent cleaning of the Sistine Chapel frescoes removed layer after layer of centuries of accumulated tarnish and darkness. The Sistine Secrets endeavors to remove the centuries of prejudice, censorship, and ignorance that blind us to the truth about one of the world's most famous and beloved art treasures. Some images that appeared in the print edition of this book are unavailable in the electronic edition due to rights reasons.