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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Foreword; Biography; Childhood; The Medici Factor; Homecoming and Travel; Inner Tension; The Da Vinci Factor; The Unprecedented Sculptor; The Architect; Beyond Peerless Painting; The Sketch Artist; A Most Exceptional Individual; List of Illustrations. |
| Summary |
The name Michelangelo instantly conjures up the Sistine Chapel, the David, the Pieta and countless other great works. In his History of Italian Painting, the French writer Stendhal remarked that, "between Greek antiquity and Michelangelo nothing exists, except more or less skilled forgeries". The work of Michelangelo has, indisputably, stood the test of time. How is it possible that in just a few years Michelangelo was able to uncover the secrets of a creative source worthy of his Greek predecessors? Often referred to as a creative genius and a superman, Michelangelo was an incomparable artis. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: Müntz, Eugène. Michelangelo. New York : Parkstone International, ©2011 9781844842124 |
| ISBN |
9781780422183 (electronic book) |
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1780422180 (electronic book) |
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