Michelangelo And The Reinvention Of The Human Body - Hardcover

Michelangelo and The Reinvention of The Human Body.

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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover with dust jacket. Zustand: Gut. XXI, 312 p. Lediglich der Schutzumschlag weist leichte Gebrauchsspuren auf, sonst sehr sauber und ohne Anstreichungen / only the dust jacket shows slight signs of usage, otherwise very clean and without markings. - MICHELANGELO S art is exhilarating but also bewildering: What is the source of its incomparable power? In this bold and absorbing study, the art critic James Hall explores some of the major puzzles of Michelangelo s work his stern Madonnas and their lack of maternal feeling; his concern with colossal scale and size; his passion for anatomical dissection; and the meaning of the drawings he made for his young love Tommaso de Cavalieri. Hall arrives at a precise, nuanced appreciation of the body language of Michelangelo s figures and offers new explanations of his most familiar sculptures, paintings, and drawings, including David, the narratives of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and his haunting late images of the dead Christ. Hall reassesses the popular idea of Michelangelo as an artist-superman, brilliant but unbalanced, obsessed with the male nude. He sees him instead as the first artist to put the unadorned human body at center stage, making it the focal point of his quest for psychological and spiritual meaning. Vivid and thoughtprovoking, Michelangelo and the Reinvention of the Human Body is a compelling critique that will reshape the way we see this iconic artist s work, throwing a revealing light on the originality and power of his genius. / Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Mothers 2. Giants 3. Bodies 4. Crowds 5. Benefactions 6. Movements 7. Humiliations 8. Legacies A Note on Literary Sources Bibliography and Abbreviations Notes Chronology Index. ISBN 9780374208837 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 675. Artikel-Nr. 1214591

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