Michelangelo : divine draftsman & designer / Carmen C. Bambach ; with essays by Claire Barry, Francesco Caglioti, Caroline Elam, Marcella Marongiu, and Mauro Mussolin.

"The Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was especially celebrated for his disegno, a term that embraces both drawing and conceptual design. Featuring more than 200 drawings as well as paintings, sculpture, and architectural plans and views, this authoritative examine...

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Main Author: Bambach, Carmen (Author)
Other Authors: Barry, Claire M. (Contributor), Caglioti, Francesco (Contributor), Elam, Caroline, 1945- (Contributor), Marongiu, Marcella (Contributor), Mussolin, Mauro (Contributor)
Other title:Michelangelo (Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.))
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Michelangelo: divine draftsman and designer / Carmen C. Bambach
  • "IL Divin' Disegnatore"
  • The young artist and the traditions of fifteenth-century art
  • Herculean efforts and a new artistic vision
  • Designing public works: the sculptor-architect at San Lorenzo
  • Private works: the master of Disegno and his gift drawings
  • Rome: strategic friendships and a reputation at stake
  • Art and personal spirituality in an age of reform
  • The fame and legacy of a genius
  • Essays: Examining Michelangelo's 'Torment of Saint Anthony': new revelations / Claire Barry
  • Prose and poetry in Michelangelo's architectural drawings / Caroline Elam
  • Michelangelo and the experience of space / Mauro Mussolin
  • Michelangelo the sculptor: a lifetime of formal obsessions / Francesco Caglioti
  • Tommaso de' Cavalieri / Marcella Marongiu
  • Catalogue of the exhibition / Carmen C. Bambach, compiled with the assistance of Jeffrey Fraiman and Furio Rinaldi.