"Il divino" is a glorious exploration of Michelangelo's complete works. Before reaching the tender age of thirty, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted David and Pieta, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. Like fellow Florentine Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo was a shining star of the Renaissance and a genius of consummate virtuosity. His achievements as a sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and architect are unique - no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, ...
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"Il divino" is a glorious exploration of Michelangelo's complete works. Before reaching the tender age of thirty, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted David and Pieta, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. Like fellow Florentine Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo was a shining star of the Renaissance and a genius of consummate virtuosity. His achievements as a sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and architect are unique - no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, multi-faceted, and wide-ranging oeuvre. Only a handful of other painters and sculptors have attained a comparable social status and enjoyed a similar artistic freedom. This is demonstrated not only by the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel but also by Michelangelo's monumental sculptures and his unconventional architectural designs, whose forms went far beyond the accepted vocabulary of his day. Such was his talent that Michelangelo was considered a demigod by his contemporaries and was the subject of two biographies during his lifetime. Adoration of this remarkable man's work has only increased on the intervening centuries. Following the success of our XL title "Leonardo da Vinci", Taschen brings you this massive tome that explores Michelangelo's life and work in more depth and detail than ever before. The first part concentrates on the life of Michelangelo via an extensive and copiously illustrated biographical essay; the main body of the book presents his work in four parts providing a complete analytical inventory of Michelangelo's paintings, sculptures, buildings and drawings. Grorgeous, full page reproductions and enlarged details bring readers up close to the works. This sumptuous tome also takes account, to a previously unseen extent, of Michelangelo's more personal traits and circumstances, such as his solitary nature, his thirst for money and commissions, his miserliness, his immense wealth, and his skill as a property investor. In addition, the book tackles the controversial issue of the attribution of Michelangelo drawings, an area in which decisions continue to be steered by the interests of the art market and the major collections. This is the definitive volume about Michelangelo for generations to come.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. 2007 edition with colour and B&W illustrations; tightly bound in bronze boards with white lettering to front and spine; top rear corner bumped; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. This is a large heavy book (c. 3.5kg packed); additional postage may be required.
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Very Good-in Very Good-dust jacket; Minor edge wear to the DJ, no major damage though. Clean pages and pictures still tightly bound together; Hardcover; Taschen; 2010. 3836521172. Large book with nice colored plates inside of it.; Folio 13"-23" tall; 368 p.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. Crisp, clean pages except for a few small, pale gray smudges on the title page; the hard cover shows small wrinkles at bottom free corners and at spine ends; the dust jacket has a brief tear and long crease at the top left rear and a band of fading along the right rear, but is clean and now protected in a clear sleeve. Weight: 7.4lbs / 3.2kg; additional postage may be requested.; 368 pp.
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pp. 368. Folio. Replete with large scale colour illustrations. Light shelfwear, some denting to edges. Dustjacket with some nicking to edges; very good in very good dustjacket.
