The Complete Poems of Michelangelo

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Michelangelo is renowned for his extraordinary contributions to art, but his poetry reveals a deeply personal and poignant side of the artist. This collection, expertly translated by John Frederick Nims, encompasses the entirety of Michelangelo's verse, spanning from his passionate youth to his reflective and troubled later years. It offers readers a rare insight into the complex mind behind some of history's greatest masterpieces.
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This volume will captivate readers interested in Renaissance art and literature, poetry enthusiasts, and those fascinated by the intimate expressions of a celebrated cultural icon.

A complete collection of the poems of Michelangelo.

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There is no artist more celebrated than Michelangelo. Yet the magnificence of his achievements as a visual artist often overshadows his devotion to poetry. Michelangelo used poetry to express what was too personal to display in sculpture or painting. John Frederick Nims has brought the entire body of Michelangelo's verse, from the artist's ardent twenties to his anguished and turbulent eighties, to life in English in this unprecedented collection. The result is a tantalizing glimpse into a most fascinating mind.

Wonderful. . . . Nims gives us Michelangelo whole: the polymorphous love sonneteer, the political allegorist, and the solitary singer of madrigals. — Kirkus Reviews

A splendid, fresh and eloquent translation. . . . Nims, an eminent poet and among the best translators of our time, conveys the full meaning and message of Michelangelo's love sonnets and religious poems in fluently rhymed, metrical forms. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The best so far. . . . Nims is best at capturing the sound and sense of Michelangelo's poetic vocabulary. — Choice

Surely the most compelling translations of Michelangelo currently available in English. — Ronald L. Martinez, Washington Times

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780226080307

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 April 2000

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Contributors:

Translated by John Frederick Nims

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 1.0mm

Width: 16.0mm

Height: 23.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 208

Collections

Arts & Culture Michelangelo Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

John Frederick Nims (1913-1999) was the author of eight books of poetry, including Knowledge of the Evening, which was nominated for a National Book Award. Among his many translations is The Poems of Saint John of the Cross, also published by the University of Chicago Press.