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Author: Asher Biemann Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 0804784361 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 201
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Dreaming of Michelangelo is the first book-length study to explore the intellectual and cultural affinities between modern Judaism and the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti. It argues that Jewish intellectuals found themselves in the image of Michelangelo as an "unrequited lover" whose work expressed loneliness and a longing for humanity's response. The modern Jewish imagination thus became consciously idolatrous. Writers brought to life—literally—Michelangelo's sculptures, seeing in them their own worldly and emotional struggles. The Moses statue in particular became an archetype of Jewish liberation politics as well as a central focus of Jewish aesthetics. And such affinities extended beyond sculpture: Jewish visitors to the Sistine Chapel reinterpreted the ceiling as a manifesto of prophetic socialism, devoid of its Christian elements. According to Biemann, the phenomenon of Jewish self-recognition in Michelangelo's work offered an alternative to the failed promises of the German enlightenment. Through this unexpected discovery, he rethinks German Jewish history and its connections to Italy, the Mediterranean, and the art of the Renaissance.
Author: Asher Biemann Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 0804784361 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 201
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Dreaming of Michelangelo is the first book-length study to explore the intellectual and cultural affinities between modern Judaism and the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti. It argues that Jewish intellectuals found themselves in the image of Michelangelo as an "unrequited lover" whose work expressed loneliness and a longing for humanity's response. The modern Jewish imagination thus became consciously idolatrous. Writers brought to life—literally—Michelangelo's sculptures, seeing in them their own worldly and emotional struggles. The Moses statue in particular became an archetype of Jewish liberation politics as well as a central focus of Jewish aesthetics. And such affinities extended beyond sculpture: Jewish visitors to the Sistine Chapel reinterpreted the ceiling as a manifesto of prophetic socialism, devoid of its Christian elements. According to Biemann, the phenomenon of Jewish self-recognition in Michelangelo's work offered an alternative to the failed promises of the German enlightenment. Through this unexpected discovery, he rethinks German Jewish history and its connections to Italy, the Mediterranean, and the art of the Renaissance.
Author: Tatiana Bissolati Publisher: University of Washington Press ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 232
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?Michelangelo's masterpiece The Dream ( Il Sogno) has been described as one of the finest of all Italian Renaissance drawings and is amongst The Courtauld Gallery's greatest treasures. Executed in c. 1533, The Dream exemplifies Michelangelos unrivalled skill as draughtsman. Accompanying an exhibition at the Courtauld in 2010, this catalogue examines this celebrated work in the context of a group of closely related drawings by Michelangelo, as well as some of his original letters and poems and works by his contemporaries.
Author: Estelle M. Hurll Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 106
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Michelangelo" (A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Master, with Introduction and Interpretation) by Estelle M. Hurll. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: Romain Rolland Publisher: Library of Alexandria ISBN: 1465545131 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 196
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The life of Michelangelo offers one of the most striking examples of the influence that a great man can have on his time. At the moment of his birth in the second half of the fifteenth century the serenity of Ghirlandajo and of Bramante illuminated Italian art. Florentine sculpture seemed about to languish away from an excess of grace in the delicate and meticulous art of Rossellino, Disiderio, Mino da Fiesole, Agostino di Duccio, Benedetto da Maiano and Andrea Sansovino. Michelangelo burst like a thunder-storm into the heavy, overcharged sky of Florence. This storm had undoubtedly been gathering for a long time in the extraordinary intellectual and emotional tension of Italy which was to cause the Savonarolist upheaval. Nothing like Michelangelo had ever appeared before. He passed like a whirlwind, and after he had passed the brilliant and sensual Florence of Lorenzo de' Medici and Botticelli, of Verocchio and Lionardo, was ended forever. All that harmonious living and dreaming, that spirit of analysis, that aristocratic and courtly poetry, the whole elegant and subtle art of the "Quattrocento," was swept away at one blow. Even after he had been gone for a long time, the world of art was still whirled along in the eddies of his wild spirit. Not the most remote corner was sheltered from the tempest; it drew in its wake all the arts together. Michelangelo captured painting, sculpture, architecture and poetry, all at once; he breathed into them the frenzy of his vigour and of his overwhelming idealism. No one understood him, yet all imitated him. Every one of his great works, the David, the cartoon for the war against Pisa, the vault of the Sistine Chapel, the Last Judgment, St. Peter's, dominated generations of artists and enslaved them. From every one of these creations radiated despotic power, a power that came above all from Michelangelo's personality and from that tremendous life which covered almost a century. No one work can be detached from that life and studied separately. They are all fragments of one monument, and the mistake that most historians make is to mutilate this genius by dividing it into different pieces. We must try to follow the entire course of the torrent from its beginning to its end if we are to have any comprehension of its formidable unity.
Author: Antonio Forcellino Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1509539972 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 307
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This major new biography recounts the extraordinary life of one of the most creative figures in Western culture, weaving together the multiple threads of Michelangelo’s life and times with a brilliant analysis of his greatest works. The author retraces Michelangelo’s journey from Rome to Florence, explores his changing religious views and examines the complicated politics of patronage in Renaissance Italy. The psychological portrait of Michelangelo is constantly foregrounded, depicting with great conviction a tormented man, solitary and avaricious, burdened with repressed homosexuality and a surplus of creative enthusiasm. Michelangelo’s acts of self-representation and his pivotal role in constructing his own myth are compellingly unveiled. Antonio Forcellino is one of the world’s leading authorities on Michelangelo and an expert art historian and restorer. He has been involved in the restoration of numerous masterpieces, including Michelangelo’s Moses. He combines his firsthand knowledge of Michelangelo’s work with a lively literary style to draw the reader into the very heart of Michelangelo’s genius.
Author: Gene Openshaw Publisher: ISBN: 9781088279366 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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A traveler's quest for Michelangelo's most troubled work of art-the colossal and notorious Tomb of Pope Julius II. His artistic ambitions crumbling as fast as his marriage, Sam careens through Europe seeking inspiration in the great Michelangelo who, for all his success, struggled to realize his lifelong passion-the Tomb of Julius II. Sam travels from Florence, where Michelangelo began the project, to the quarries of Carrara where he got the marble, to Paris, Venice, and beyond-chasing the ever-changing, 40-year story of the Tomb. He teams up with Nikki, an intriguing Italian woman who opens his eyes to the deeper meaning of the Tomb: how Michelangelo began with over-the-top ambitions for a 50-foot-tall pyramid studded with dozens of David-sized statues. But as his grand plans got derailed-including by a detour to the Sistine Chapel-he sank into a deep depression... a midlife crisis. The book's three intertwined stories-of Michelangelo, Sam, and Nikki-converge in Rome. Can they each find a way to navigate the choppy waters of middle age and realize their youthful dreams? Incredibly, Michelangelo at Midlife is the only non-academic book about the Tomb of Julius II. It's written by the author of more than a dozen best-selling books and PBS TV shows with travel guru Rick Steves, including Europe's Top 100 Masterpieces and Art of Europe. The book's 180 color photos and diagrams of Michelangelo's art serve as clues, leading the reader deeper into the unfolding mystery. With its mix of evocative travelogue, COLOR images, and history detective story, Michelangelo at Midlife is a fast read for lovers of the arts with a romantic streak.
Author: Asher Biemann
Author: Asher Biemann
Author: Tatiana Bissolati
Author: Philip Wilkinson
Author: Ronald Greville Riddell
Author: Melissa Johnson Niemi
Author: Estelle M. Hurll
Author: Romain Rolland
Author: Antonio Forcellino
Author: Gene Openshaw
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