{"product_id":"michelangelo-by-gilles-neret-9783836530347","title":"Michelangelo","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItalian-born \u003cb\u003eMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni\u003c\/b\u003e (1475-1564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fearing Renaissance man. His manifold achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, and engineering combined body, spirit, and God into visionary masterpieces that \u003cb\u003echanged art history forever\u003c\/b\u003e. Famed biographer Giorgio Vasari considered him the pinnacle of Renaissance achievement. \u003cb\u003eHis peers called him simply \"Il Divino\"\u003c\/b\u003e (\"the divine one\").\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelangelo\u003c\/i\u003e provides the essential introduction to Michelangelo with \u003cb\u003eall the awe-inspiring masterpieces and none of the queues and crowds\u003c\/b\u003e. With vivid illustration and accessible texts, we explore the artist's \u003cb\u003eextraordinary figuration and celebrated style of terribilità\u003c\/b\u003e (momentous grandeur), which allowed human and biblical drama to exist in compelling scale and fervour. Through the \u003cb\u003epower hubs of Renaissance Italy\u003c\/b\u003e, we take in his major commissions and \u003cb\u003ephenomenal capacity for compositional schemes\u003c\/b\u003e, whether the famous Medici library in Florence, or the extraordinary 500-square-metre ceiling (1508-1512) in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the towering \u003cb\u003eDavid\u003c\/b\u003e to the aching grief and faith of \u003cb\u003eThe Pietà\u003c\/b\u003e and the vivid drama of the Sistine Chapel's \u003cb\u003eLast Judgment\u003c\/b\u003e, this is a succinct, dependable reference to a true giant of art history and to \u003cb\u003esome of the most famous artworks in the world\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596994887916,"sku":"9783836530347","price":45.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/173d774c2f3cce8a0f3e3b6fe148fe88.jpg?v=1777955103","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/michelangelo-by-gilles-neret-9783836530347","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}