Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
(2009)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
759.5/MICHELANGELO/GRA
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., [2009]
©2009
©2009
DESCRIPTION
xv, 207 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781602393684 (alk. paper), 1602393680 (alk. paper), 1602393680
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Preface -- Introduction -- Michelangelo Buonarroti and his world -- The Sistine Chapel ceiling -- I. The Genesis cycle, first triad -- II.The Genesis cycle, second triad -- III.The Genesis cycle, last triad -- IV. The four spandrel paintings -- V. The imaginary architecture, the bronze figures, the ignudi -- VI . The ancestors of Christ -- VII. The prophets and sibyls -- The Last Judgement, and other endings -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration acknowledgements -- Index