Michelangelo: The British Museum"Michelangelo (1475-1564) was one of the most influential and admired artists of the Italian Renaissance. His creativity extended from works of sculpture and paintings to architecture and poetry. Central to all of Michelangelo's artistic output were his drawings, in which his creative ideas were evolved and perfected. Illustrated chronologically through this book are outstanding examples from the British Museum, ranging from unfinished sketches to exquisitely refined studies. They give an incredible insight into the artist's thought processes as he developed such famous works as the Sistine chapel ceiling and the Last Judgement. With an essay outlining Michelangelo's life and key works, this small book is essential introduction to the drawings of this undisputed Renaissance genius."--BOOK JACKET. |
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1508 Commission artist Ascanio Condivi Battle of Cascina black chalk drawing British Museum brown ink cartoon carved chalk and stylus chalk fig chalk over stylus Christ Purifying Clement VII Crucifixion Detail 12 double wall tomb draughtsman draw Antonio façade Florence cathedral Florentine Republic fresco Ghirlandaio Haman head heightened with lead Infant Baptist inspired Julius Last Judgement Laurentian library Lazarus lead white discoloured lower left corner lower right corner male nude Medici chapel Michelangelo Buonarroti Michelangelo explored Michelangelo is known Michelangelo is recorded models opposite painting Palazzo Vecchio paper at upper Pen and brown Piero Pope Julius II pose Purifying the Temple Recto Red chalk Returns to Florence Risen Christ Rome sculpt sculpture Sebastiano section of paper Sistine chapel ceiling St John St Peter's study fig Study for Adam testify to Michelangelo's tomb fig Tondo torso upper edge upper right corner Verso of fig Virgin and Child Virgin and St