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Bradbury,
Kirsten.
MICHELANGELO
Parragon,
2001.
256
pages
small
hardcover
in
dustjacket
472
grams
Michelangelo
was
without
doubt
one
of
the
most
inspirational
and
talented
artists
in
modern
history.
One
of
the
leading
lights
of
the
Italian
Renaissance,
his
extraordinary
talents
emerged
in
early
works
such
as
the
Pieta
for
the
Vatican,
and
the
statue
of
David
commissioned
for
the
city
of
Florence
Michelangelo's
talents
were
prodigious;
not
only
was
he
a
superb
painter,
he
was
also
a
magnificent
draughtsman,
sculptor,
poet
and
architect.
His
paintings
and
frescoes
were
largely
taken
from
mythological
and
classical
sources
and
were
deployed
for
the
main
part
in
religious
work.
He
managed
to
combine
his
high
level
of
technical
competence
and
his
rich
artistic
imagination
to
produce
the
perfect
High
Renaissance
blend
of
aesthetic
harmony
and
anatomical
accuracy
in
his
work
Michelangelo
was
recognised
as
a
great
artist
early
in
his
long
and
prolific
career.Together
with
a
small
band
of
his
contemporaries,
he
was
responsible
for
sixteenth-century
Florence
becoming
the
centre
for
a
movement
of
artists
that
has
permanently
enriched
western
culture
MICHELANGELO
looks
at
all
aspects
of
his
work,
with
detailed
commentary
on
120
examples
of
his
pieces.While
many
of
these
are
among
his
most
famous,
others
may
be
less
well
known,
but
they
are
all
equally
essential
to
the
development
of
Michelangelo's
artistic
philosophy
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