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In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel. With little experience as a painter (though famed for his sculpture David), Michelangelo was reluctant to begin the massive project. Michel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Ross, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Edition:Paperback edition.
Subjects:
Michelangelo Buonarroti, > 1475-1564 > Appreciation.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, > 1475-1564 > Contemporaries.
Mural painting and decoration, Italian > Vatican City.
Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance > Vatican City.
Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)
Bible > Illustrations.
Italy > History > 1492-1559.
Table of Contents:
  • Summons
  • Conspiracy
  • Warrior Pope
  • Penance
  • Painting in the wet
  • Design
  • Assistants
  • House of Buonarroti
  • Fountains of the great deep
  • Competition
  • Great quandary
  • Flaying of Marsyas
  • True colors
  • He shall build the temple of the Lord
  • Family business
  • Laocoon
  • Golden age
  • School of Athens
  • Forbidden fruit
  • Barbarous multitudes
  • Bologna redux
  • World's game
  • New and wonderful manner of painting
  • First and supreme creator
  • Expulsion of Heliodorus
  • Monster of Ravenna
  • Many strange forms
  • Armor of faith and the sword of light
  • II Pensieroso
  • In evil plight
  • Final touches
  • Language of the gods
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.