Life of Michelangelo - Softcover

Giorgio Vasari

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0818909358 ISBN 13: 9780818909351

Publisher: Alba House, 2003

Synopsis

Michelangelo Buonarroti  (1475-1564) is perhaps the greatest artist in the entire Western tradition. In painting, sculpture, and architecture, he created works that went beyond anything imagined before. The David, the Sistine Ceiling, The Last Judgment: these works have lost none of their awe-inspiring power. Michelangelo's impact was immediate, and he achieved a level of fame and influence that was unprecedented. It is not surprising, therefore, that the painter Giorgio Vasari made him the culmination of his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, the first true work of art history. The biography printed here, from Vasari's much improved second edition, draws a picture of the man and the artist that has an immediacy and authority that are unsurpassed.

About this title

About the Author:

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), painter, architect and intimate of the Medici, was a leading exponent of the later renaissance style sometimes called Mannerism, which was heavily influenced by Michelangelo. His lasting monument, however, is undoubtedly The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, published in 1550 and in an enlarged edition in 1568. David Hemsoll is a Renaissance art and architectural historian who works at the University of Birmingham. Among other specialities, he is an expert on Michelangelo and his artistic theory.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

About this edition

• Publisher: Alba House
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0818909358
• ISBN 13: 9780818909351
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150
• Editor: Frank Sadowski