MICHELANGELO By Estelle M. Hurll A guide to fifteen of the key artworks by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Renaissance master, featuring the early sculptures such as David and Cupid to the crowning achievements of the Medici tombs, plus paintings such as the Sistine Chapel and the Last Judgement. Hardcover edition, with a full colour, case laminate cover. Fully illustrated, including images from every stage in Michelangelo's career. Painters Series. 156 pages. www.crmoon.com
Michelangelo's masterpiece The Dream ( Il Sogno) has been described as one of the finest of all Italian Renaissance drawings and is amongst The Courtauld Gallery's greatest treasures. Executed in c. 1533, The Dream exemplifies Michelangelo’s unrivalled skill as draftsman. Accompanying an exhibition at the Courtauld in 2010, this catalogue examines this celebrated work in the context of a group of closely related drawings by Michelangelo, as well as some of his original letters and poems and works by his contemporaries.
Michelangelo's (1475?1564) "Taddei Tondo," in the collection of the Royal Academy in London, offers a fascinating insight into the master's technical and experimental skill. Joshua Reynolds, the Academy's first president, considered that Michelangelo represented everything that an artist should aspire to, combining technical brilliance with sublime poetical imagination, and the Tondo shows this in scintillating relief. Expertly researched and written by the renowned Renaissance art historian Alison Cole, this book moves through the life of the "Tondo," from Michelangelo's rivalry with Leonardo to the marble's arrival at the Royal Academy and its use in the RA Schools. Finishing with a fresh look at the Tondo's role in revealing Michelangelo's technical experimentalism, Cole explores the importance of finish and what constitutes a finished work of art. Lavishly illustrated and including new photos of the Tondo, this is an enriching exploration of a lesser-known side of the great Renaissance. AUTHOR: Alison Cole is a Renaissance art historian who currently works as a writer and strategic consultant in the arts, digital and cultural sector. She has served on the executive boards of institutions such as Arts Council England, the Southbank Centre and The Art Fund. She is the author of 'Virtue and Magnificence: Art of the Italian Renaissance Courts' (1995) and has written several books on art history in association with major galleries. Her latest book, published by Laurence King, is a revised and expanded edition of 'Art of the Italian Renaissance Courts'. SELLING POINTS: . A new examination of the Taddei Tondo, the only Michelangelo marble in Britain . Authoritatively written by the renowned Renaissance art historian Alison Cole . Accompanied by new photographs of the tondo taken at its home in the Royal Academy Collections 50 colour images
"Put your money on Leonardo in this restaging of the Turner prize of the High Renaissance." — The Guardian At the turn of the 16th century, three titans of the Italian Renaissance briefly crossed paths, competing for the attention of the most powerful patrons in Republican Florence. In January 1504 the city’s most prominent artists came together to advise on an appropriate location for Michelangelo’s nearly finished sculpture of David. Among them was Leonardo da Vinci, who – like Michelangelo – had only recently returned to his native Florence. In this beautifully designed book, Scott Nethersole and Per Rumberg take Michelangelo’s celebrated Taddei Tondo as their starting point, and examine the rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo, and the influence of both on the young Raphael. Some of the finest examples of Italian Renaissance drawing are reproduced, including Leonardo’s Burlington House Cartoon and studies by Leonardo and Michelangelo for their murals commissioned by the Florentine government for the newly constructed council hall in the Palazzo della Signoria.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, and was one of the five Fireside Poets from New England. Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine, which was then still part of Massachusetts. He studied at Bowdoin College. After spending time in Europe, he became a professor at Bowdoin and, later, at Harvard College. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841). Longfellow retired from teaching in 1854, to focus on his writing. He lived the remainder of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in a former Revolutionary War headquarters of George Washington. His first wife Mary Potter died in 1835, after a miscarriage. His second wife Frances Appleton died in 1861, after sustaining burns when her dress caught fire. After her death, Longfellow had difficulty writing poetry for a time and focused on translating works from foreign languages. He died in 1882. Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. He has been criticized, however, for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses.
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Michelangelos Jungstes Gericht war - so ergibt die Analyse der einschlagigen Dokumente - ursprunglich fur die Eingangswand der Sixtina, als Pendant eines fur die Altarwand bestimmten Engelssturzfreskos geplant. Erst auf Veranlassung des Kunstlers selbst, der die Verwirklichung seiner Intentionen durch das Eingangsportal behindert sah, wurde es an die Altarwand gemalt (wo es der Logik der bestehenden Bilderfolgen widerspricht und das Engelsturzfresko hinfallig machte). Dem Engelsturz-Weltgerichtsprojekt gingen vermutlich zwei andere, auf den ikonographischen status quo bezogene Pendantprojekte voraus. Die wahrend der Planungsgeschichte entwickelten bildkunstlerischen Ideen wurden in das Weltgerichtkonzept weitgehend integriert und machen die wichtigsten Besonderheiten des vollendeten Freskos erklarbar."
Dass die einst gewaltige zeichnerische Hinterlassenschaft Benvenuto Cellinis - trotz Fehlens von Nachrichten uber deren Zerstorung - fur nahezu vollstandig verschollen gilt, scheint einmal mehr die Folge jener gangigen Attributionspolitik zu sein, die einem Grossen (in diesem Falle Michelangelo) den gebuhrenden Tribut zu zollen vermeint, indem sie dessen Umwelt plundert. Denn Massen von Cellini-Zeichnungen leben - wie im vorliegenden Band nachgewiesen wird - unerkannt im 'Michelangelo'-Corpus. Ihre Identifikation gibt neue Aufschlusse nicht nur uber Cellinis Konzeptions- und Gestaltungsweise, sondern auch uber seine erhaltenen und nicht erhaltenen Skulpturen."
Michael Angelo Buonarroti - his sonnets now for the first time translated into rhymed English is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
