Del 4 - Renaissance Lives

Michelangelo and the Viewer in His Time

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Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Av Bernadine Barnes

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In this engaging account, now in paperback, Bernadine Barnes uses new research to show how Michelangelo’s art was seen in its own time. The original setting is reconstructed for works that have been moved, modified or left incomplete. Michelangelo’s consideration of his audience changed throughout his career: sometimes he produced work for conventional religious settings and at other times he was given unprecedented freedom by open-minded patrons. This book brings the viewer back into the development of Michelangelo’s work and gives emphasis to the differences between viewers in specific settings.Michelangelo lived in a time when the development of prints and published art criticism changed the nature of the viewing public in ways that foreshadow our own media culture. This book encourages today’s viewers to take a fresh look at Michelangelo’s work.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-08-11
Mått138 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt528 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRenaissance Lives
Antal sidor264
FörlagReaktion Books
ISBN9781836391616

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Introduction1 The Artist in Search of an Audience2 The Heroic Body3 Visions of Majesty: Projects for Pope Julius 114 Power and Illusion: Commissions for the Medici5 Painting the Visionary Experience: Frescoes for Pope Paul 1116 Love, Desire and Politics: Works for Private Viewers7 Vision and Space: Michelangelo’s Roman Architecture8 Last WorksConclusionreferencesSelect BibliographyAcknowledgementsPhoto AcknowledgementsIndex

Barnes presents a lucid, readable, and jargon-free account of Michelangelo's art with a particular emphasis on understanding it in light of his viewers. The book provides a concise, reliable history of Michelangelo's major works and the Renaissance context in which it was produced. Well illustrated, with many color plates, it is a welcome addition to the Michelangelo literature and students will be well served by this up-to-date and reasoned approach.