Michelangelo : his epic life / by Martin Gayford
London : Fig Tree, 2013. First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #412422
ISBN: 0141932252
Physical Description: xxv, 661 pages : illustrations (some colour), 1 map ; 24 cm. Contents: 1. Death and life of Michelangelo -- 2. Buonarroti -- 3. Unruly apprenticeship -- 4. Medici -- 5. Antiquities -- 6. Piero de' Medici and flight to Bologna -- 7. Rome, Cupid, Bacchus and the Pieta -- 8. David and other bodies -- 9. Michelangelo versus Leonardo -- 10. Giants and slaves -- 11. Vault -- 12. Incarnation -- 13. Roman rivalry -- 14. Marble mountains -- 15. Tombs -- 16. New fantasies -- 17. Revolt -- 18. Love and exile -- 19. Judgement -- 20. Reform -- 21. Dome -- 22. Defeat and victory. Subjects: Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564; Artists Italy ; Biography; Sculptors Italy ; Biography; Art, Renaissance Italy; Art, Renaissance; Artists; Sculptors.
Price: €125.00