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Michelangelo

Paintings, Sculptures and Architecture
By Frank Zöllner and Christof Thoenes
Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
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Before the age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti had created the renowned sculptures Pietà and David, marking his place in art history. This TASCHEN edition explores his multifaceted talents as a sculptor, painter, draftsman, and architect, covering his rise within the Renaissance cultural elite. The book features ten richly illustrated chapters including a detailed analysis of his famous frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, alongside insights into his personal life and career.
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Ideal for enthusiasts of art history, Renaissance culture, and admirers of Michelangelo's unique artistic legacy.

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Michelangelo was a genius of unrivaled virtuosity. This dependable edition traces the extraordinary depth and breadth of his work and his ascent to the elite of the Renaissance and art history with ten richly illustrated chapters covering the artist's paintings, sculptures, and architecture with special focus on the tour de force frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.

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Before reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted Pietà and David, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. As a sculptor, painter, draftsman, and architect, the achievements of this Italian master are unique—no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, multifaceted, and wide-ranging œuvre.

This fresh TASCHEN edition traces Michelangelo's ascent to the cultural elite of the Renaissance. Ten richly illustrated chapters cover the artist's paintings, sculptures, and architecture, including a close analysis of the artist's tour de force frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.

Full-page reproductions and enlarged details allow readers to appreciate the finest details in the artist's repertoire, while the book's biographical essay considers Michelangelo's more personal traits and circumstances, such as his solitary nature, his thirst for money and commissions, his immense wealth, and his skill as a property investor.

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Acclaimed by The Sunday Express Magazine as a magnificent alternative to visiting the Sistine Chapel, this book offers an exquisite visual and biographical journey through Michelangelo's masterworks.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783836537162

Publisher: Taschen GmbH

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 April 2017

Country: Germany

Imprint: Taschen GmbH

Illustration: 496 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 1264g

Pages: 604

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Arts & Culture Christof Thoenes Frank Zöllner Non-Fiction Series: Bibliotheca Universalis

About the Author

Christof Thoenes (1928–2018) studied art history in Berlin and Pavia, before completing his doctorate in Berlin. Thoenes was Honorary Professor in Hamburg and worked many years for the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institute) in Rome. He contributed to numerous publications on Italian art, particularly on architecture and architectural theory of the 15th to 18th centuries. Frank Zöllner wrote his doctoral thesis on motifs originating from Antiquity in the history of art and architecture of the Medieval and Renaissance periods (1987). He is also the author of a postdoctoral treatise on motion and expression in the art of Leonardo da Vinci, published in 2010. He has published numerous works on Renaissance art and art theory, and on 20th-century art. Since 1996 he has been Professor of Medieval and Modern Art at the University of Leipzig. For TASCHEN he has authored the XL monographs on Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

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