The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti - Softcover

Symonds, John Addington

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1426448651 ISBN 13: 9781426448652

Publisher: BiblioBazaar, 2006

Synopsis

According to a vague tradition, the Simoni drew their blood from the high and puissant Counts of Canossa. Michelangelo himself believed in this pedigree, for which there is, however, no foundation in fact, and no heraldic corroboration. According to his friend and biographer Condivi, the sculptor’s first Florentine ancestor was a Messer Simone dei Conti di Canossa, who came in 1250 as Podesta to Florence.

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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.

From Library Journal

Though this originally appeared back in 1911, it is still considered to be one of the best biographies of the artist. Symonds was the first to deal frankly with Michelangelo's homosexuality and was the first scholar granted complete access to the artist's materials by the Italian government. This edition includes a new introduction by Creighton E. Gilbert, art historian and translator of Michelangelo's poems and letters, who discusses the historical context of the biography as well as Symonds's own life and his efforts to recognize the contributions of gay artists.
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Edition details

• Publisher: BiblioBazaar
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1426448651
• ISBN 13: 9781426448652
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 532