Michelangelo: The Painter

by Michelangelo Buonarroti

An enormous monograph on the Italian Renaissance Master. Published under the auspices of the Italian National Committee honoring Michelangelo in commemoration of the fourth centennial of his death. Includes an accompanying text and Beginnings Early studies Juvenile works The Doni MadonnaThe cartoon for the Battle of Cascina in the Palazzo VecchioThe vault of the Sistine Chapel The Last Judgment The Pauline Chapel frescoes; Last drawings Chronological summary & biographical PaintingsThe vault of the Sistine ChapelThe Last Judgment The conversion of Saint Paul The crucifixion of Saint Peter

Genres: Art

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance period who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Considered as the greatest living artist in his lifetime, he has since been held as one of the greatest artists of all time. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.