| Description |
271 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 33 cm |
| Note |
"Essays in this volume were presented at a conference, 'Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel', held at the Vatican 26-31 March 1990 and will appear in the forthcoming Proceedings, edited by Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt". |
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"A coproduction with NTV, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Tokyo"-t.p. verso. |
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Originally published: 1994. |
| Contents |
Introduction : an account of the Restoration / Carlo Pietrangeli -- Observations on drawings for the Sistine Chapel / Michael Hirst -- The technique of the Sistine ceiling frescoes / Gianluigi Colalucci -- The problem of Michelangelo's assistants / Fabrizio Mancinelli -- The functions of Michelangelo's color / John Shearman -- Jonah's body language / Matthias Winner -- The costumes worn by the ancestors of Christ / Edward Maeder -- The syntax of form and posture from the ceiling to the Last judgment / Pierluigi de Vecchi -- The Last judgment : notes on its conservation history, technique, and restoration / Fabrizio Mancinelli, Gianluigi Colalucci, and Nazzareno Gabrielli -- New documents on the construction of the Sistine Chapel / Piernicola Pagliara. |
| Language |
Translated from the Italian. |
| Subject |
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City). |
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Conservation and restoration -- Vatican City.
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Conservation and restoration. |
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Vatican City. |
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian. |
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Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Conservation and restoration -- Vatican City.
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Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Conservation and restoration. |
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Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance. |
| Added Author |
De Vecchi, Pierluigi.
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Murphy, Diana (Publisher)
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| Added Title |
Cappella Sistina. English. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90631164
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| ISBN |
0810981769 |
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0810938405 |
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