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Michelangelo 5 reviews
HarperTrophy, 2003
I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!
While browsing through a local bookstore I chanced upon Michelangelo by Diane Stanley. What a beautiful book! Not only were the pictures captivating, but the information was excellent. Michelangelo's famous picture of the creation of the moon and stars that graces the Sistene chapel is on the cover. My children were enthralled as I read how Michelangelo spent many hours dissecting human ...
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The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican 31 reviews
Benjamin Blech, Roy Doliner
HarperOne, 2008
intellectual honesty made possible by courage
Happening upon a major discovery regarding the backgound, motive ---and actions--of an angered Mchelagelo, authors Blech and Doliner did what only the very finest historians do: they followed the evidence wherever it led, honestly, honorably--and with extraordinary personal courage.
The Sistine Secrets not only is historical analysis of the highest order--it is one gripping read which grabs ...
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The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti1 review
John Addington Symonds
Book Jungle, 2008
Outstanding biograpphy !
Miguel Angel is to say in Carlyle words , the Hero made Artist .
If we had more individualities with his courage , the symphony of the civilization would be more glorious .
If we persisted in search of the affinities of such artist we would find them in Beethoven . If not go and listen the last quartets of Beethoven (Op. 130 and 132, for instance) and proceed to watch the last works of ...
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Michelangelo (Icon Editions) 4 reviews
Howard Hibbard, Shirley G. Hibbard
Westview Press, 1985
A Great book on a great artist
There is probably no greater art historian in the second half of the 20th century than Howard Hibbard and this book is one of his best. Professor Hibbard, who has also written books on Caravaggio and a study of Poussin turns his attention to Michelanglo. This is not a rehash of The Agony and Ecstasy, Professor Hibbard's interest is in the work and the artist and not a study of the outward events ...
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Life, Letters, and Poetry (Oxford World's Classics)
Michelangelo
Oxford University Press, 2008
The poems have been rendered into vigorous contemporary English. A selection of Michelangelo's letters, many of the to important contemporaries such as Vasari and Duke Cosimo, is accompanied by the `Life' of the great artist written by his pupil Ascanio Condivi.
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Michelangelo (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)3 reviews
Mike Venezia
Children's Press (CT), 1991
The young have a grand time with Michelangelo's grand scale
"One of the things that made Michelangelo such a great artist was his ability to give a special energy and strength to the people he painted and sculpted," p.29 The young reader will learn about Michelangelo's beginnings in a city near Florence, the brief time he spent as a baby with a family of stonecutters, his years of study at the workshop of Ghirlandaio, his years under the patronage of ...
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Michelangelo and The Pope's Ceiling83 reviews
Ross King
Pimlico, 2006
Great background material
We saw the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and I wanted to know more about the person and the era that it was created. This book helped fill in the gaps of my knowledge.
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Michelangelo (XL Series)14 reviews
Frank Zollner, Christof Thoenes, ...
Taschen, 2007
Michelangelo (XL Series)
Wonderful inside and out. No further commentes are necessary: by all means, buy it !!
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Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara
Eric Scigliano
Free Press, 2005
A MEMORABLE WORK
Of the millions of people who have stood in line waiting at Florence's Galleria dell' Academia di Belle Arte to see the incomparable statue of David by Michelangelo, I wonder how many thought about the marble with which the artist worked. Very few, I'd imagine. Yet the story of the marble quarries of Carrara is as dramatic as many of the beautiful pieces wrought from their stone. Eric ...
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Michelangelo A&I (Art and Ideas)4 reviews
Anthony Hughes
Phaidon Press, 1997
Great Layout, Great Content
Firstly, I was thoughroughly impressed by the quality of this little book. The layout of the pages, the quality of the paper, everything. I'm glad to report that the content matches its presentation: Very clean, clear text featuring an unbiased look at Michelangelo's life. The book often cites former biographers (specifically Vasari and Condivi) and more often than not, it tries to find the ...
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Michelangelo: A Biography3 reviews
George Bull
St. Martin's Griffin, 1998
A great companion for a trip to Italy
I spent a week in Florence on my own and took this book with me. This book added so much to my trip. I would read this book while sipping coffee or having dinner...then I'd walk to the places it mentions in the book and lement about the stories I had just read. I finished the book close to the end of my trip. The book tells how Michelangelo's life ends...a visit to the Santa Maria where he is ...
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Complete Poems and Selected Letters of Michelangelo3 reviews
Michelangelo
Princeton University Press, 1980
fascinating indeed
For anyone interested in the full life of Michelangelo this is a must read. The editor is quite helpful without being overbearing in his attempt to put the material into a context. There is a short but very nice biography at the beginning which helps the reader understand the flow of the artist's life. The selection of his personal letters helps us see Michelangelo as a person, a person with ...
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The Life of Michelangelo3 reviews
Ascanio Condivi
Pallas Athene, 2007
This is a must read for anyone interested in Michelangelo.
Condivi's account of the life of Michelangelo Buonarroti is a wonderful resource for fascinating stories on the artist as well as an incite into the artist himself. It is repetitious of Vasari's account of Michelangelo in the Lives of the Artists; consequently both sources complement each other well. It is important to realise that Condivi was an apprentice to Michelangelo and that he wrote ...
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Michelangelo : The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture11 reviews
Michelangelo Buonarroti, William E. Wallace
Beaux Arts Editions, 1998
Beautiful book, and I know where to buy it!
I was discouraged to read such amazing reviews of the book, but to also hear of the difficulties in getting it. I found it at the Metropolitan Museum Online Store for $35, and it is perhaps the most beautiful, well-done art book I've ever seen. The reproductions are gorgeous, and the commentary is excellent. You won't do better with anything else, especially if you want a single volume ...
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The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo113 reviews
Irving Stone
NAL Trade, 2004
A Very Good Read
If you are planning a trip to Italy, read this book before you go. Everything Michelangelo will mean so much more to you. A big, fat, thick book, but worth every minute of your time. One of those books that you tend to read more slowly near the end, because you don't want it to end.
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Michelangelo in Ravensbruck: One Woman's War Against the Nazis5 reviews
Karolina Lanckoronska
Da Capo Press, 2008
An Arresting Tale, Calmly Told
Let's clear the air first.
It is a shame that Amazon has decided to highlight Susie Lindfield's rather unfortunate review of "Michelangelo in Ravensbruck" from the Washington Post's Book World. While Ms Lindfield's credentials would appear suitable to the task, her product (the review) certainly leaves one wondering by what tortured lens she viewed Karolina Lanckoronska's book.
If you have ...
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Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling3 reviews
Walker & Company, 2003
"I live wearied by stupendous labors...a thousand anxieties"
In his masterful, well researched portrayal of Michelangelo's four-year (1508-1512) effort to fill the 12,000 square foot, vaulted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with new frescoes for Pope Julius II, Ross King examines and places in context the known details of Michelangelo's life, the images he includes in the frescoes, and his relationship with Pope Julius II, called the "terrifying Pope." ...
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Drawings of Michelangelo (Master Draughtsman Series) 1 review
Borden Pub Co, 1991
On the dissapointing side
Didn't expect high grade for this price, but I think Dover has a better quality reproductions for a similar price.
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Michelangelo's Notebook20 reviews
Paul Christopher
Onyx, 2005
Quick and Intriguing, not enough to quite satisfy
I read about this book in one of the back pages of The Last Templar (one of those advertisment pages for new books). I was happy that there's more books in the Dan Brown/Ray Khoury genre as I like the intrigue of "lost treasure" books. Although the protagonist in this book sounds like a fun girl, the action was a bit too much. The author uses at least one flashback every 3-4 chapaters to set up ...
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Michelangelo and the Reinvention of the Human Body: And the Reinvention of the Human Body
James Hall
Pimlico, 2006
This is a bold and absorbing study of the body language of Michelangelo’s figures and his preoccupation with the male nude. The study will shed a dramatic new light on many of the artist’s most familiar works, including the statue of David.
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