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Michelangelo
eDossier è una nuova collana di Art e Dossier. Un artista da leggere, un movimento da conoscere come un racconto, una raccolta di saggi agile, portatile e accessibile.
La presente pubblicazione è dedicata a Michelangelo, con un profilo sull'artista e una nuova interpretazione della sua opera. La perenne attualità di Michelangelo attinge ad un principio di contraddizione risolto nella potenza creativa. L'idea scaturisce dalla pietra grezza, l'amore si sublima nell'eros platonico e in una tormentata religiosità. L'astratta sintesi di un'architettura fatta di pieni e di vuoti ha il suo complemento in un geniale senso analitico del particolare decorativo.
La presente pubblicazione è dedicata a Michelangelo, con un profilo sull'artista e una nuova interpretazione della sua opera. La perenne attualità di Michelangelo attinge ad un principio di contraddizione risolto nella potenza creativa. L'idea scaturisce dalla pietra grezza, l'amore si sublima nell'eros platonico e in una tormentata religiosità. L'astratta sintesi di un'architettura fatta di pieni e di vuoti ha il suo complemento in un geniale senso analitico del particolare decorativo.
- GenresArtArchitecture
66 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1987
About the author
Giulio Carlo Argan
145 books38 followersGiulio Carlo Argan was an Italian art historian and politician.
He was born in Turin and studied in the University of Turin, graduating in 1931. In 1928 he entered the National Fascist Party. In the 1930 he worked for the National Antiquity and Arts Directorate, first in Turin and then in Modena and Rome, where he collaborated to the creation of the Istituto Centrale di Restauro and directed the magazine Le Arti. His career was boosted by the friendship of the Fascist leader Cesare Maria De Vecchi, then national Minister of Education.
In 1938 he published a manual of art for high schools, while in the 1940s he collaborated to the magazine Primato, founded and directed by Giuseppe Bottai, another Fascist gerarca. After World War II, he taught in universities Palermo and, from 1959, in Rome. Argan co-founded the publisher Il Saggiatore and he was a member of the Superior Council of Antiquities and Fine Arts (predecessor of the Ministry of Culture), in which he remained until 1974. In 1968 he published his most famous work, Storia dell'Arte Italiana. In 1973 he founded Rome ISIA, Italy's oldest institution in the field of industrial design.
He was the first Communist mayor of Rome, between 1976 and 1979. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992. He died in Rome.
He was born in Turin and studied in the University of Turin, graduating in 1931. In 1928 he entered the National Fascist Party. In the 1930 he worked for the National Antiquity and Arts Directorate, first in Turin and then in Modena and Rome, where he collaborated to the creation of the Istituto Centrale di Restauro and directed the magazine Le Arti. His career was boosted by the friendship of the Fascist leader Cesare Maria De Vecchi, then national Minister of Education.
In 1938 he published a manual of art for high schools, while in the 1940s he collaborated to the magazine Primato, founded and directed by Giuseppe Bottai, another Fascist gerarca. After World War II, he taught in universities Palermo and, from 1959, in Rome. Argan co-founded the publisher Il Saggiatore and he was a member of the Superior Council of Antiquities and Fine Arts (predecessor of the Ministry of Culture), in which he remained until 1974. In 1968 he published his most famous work, Storia dell'Arte Italiana. In 1973 he founded Rome ISIA, Italy's oldest institution in the field of industrial design.
He was the first Communist mayor of Rome, between 1976 and 1979. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992. He died in Rome.
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