Michelangelo Gayford Martin
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A new biography of Michelangelo by Martin Gayford, the acclaimed author of Constable in Love and The Yellow House. At 31 he was considered the finest artist in Italy, perhaps the world; long before he died at almost 90 he was widely believed to be the greatest sculptor or painter who had ever lived (and, by his enemies, to be an arrogant, uncouth, swindling miser). There was an epic sweep to Michelangelo's life.
Few of his works - including the huge frescoes of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, the marble giant David and The Last Judgment - were small or easy to accomplish. For decade after decade, he worked near the dynamic centre of events: the vortex at which European history was changing from Renaissance to Counter Reformation. Like a hero of classical mythology - such as Hercules, whose statue Michelangelo carved in his youth - he was subject to constant trials and labours. In
Parametre
- Výrobca
- Penguin
- Autor
- Martin Gayford
- Jazyk
- anglické
- Počet strán
- 663
- Rok vydania
- 2017
Podobné produkty
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