Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel

by Stefano Zuffi

This exciting new art series combines the most popular artists with expert text and a fresh, unique, format destined to appeal to children and adults alike. Each of the Rizzoli Quadrifolios features sixteen foldout pages that open into huge poster-sized reproductions of the work, allowing readers to feel as though they have leaped into work itself. The series begins with two artists whose work continually compels Michelangelo and Van Gogh. The Sistine Chapel focuses on the Italian master's work on this Vatican Chapel, the recent restorations of which have propelled interest in this site even higher.
This exciting new art series combines the most popular artists with expert text and a fresh, unique, format destined to appeal to children and adults alike. Each of the Rizzoli Quadrifolios features sixteen foldout pages that open into huge poster-sized reproductions of the work, allowing readers to feel as though they have leaped into work itself. The series begins with two artists whose work continually compels Michelangelo and Van Gogh. The Sistine Chapel focuses on the Italian master's work on this Vatican Chapel, the recent restorations of which have propelled interest in this site even higher.

Genres: Art, Art History, History, Nonfiction

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Stefano Zuffi (Milano, 24 maggio 1961) è uno storico dell'arte italiano.

Laureato alla Statale di Milano, è autore di numerosi volumi di divulgazione culturale, legati alla storia dell'arte soprattutto rinascimentale e barocca. Consulente editoriale per la casa editrice Electa, è stato responsabile di alcune collane di successo al grande pubblico, come gli Artbook e, dal 2002, I dizionari dell'arte.

Tra le sue pubblicazioni, una monografia su Dürer, Il Grande Atlante della Pittura (Electa) e il saggio Rinascimento (Mondadori): tradotte in più lingue, hanno raggiunto una tiratura di oltre un milione e mezzo di copie vendute in tutto il mondo.

Ha partecipato alla trasmissione Riguardiamoli condotta da Salvatore Maria Fares su RETEDUE della Radio Svizzera Italiana, curando una rubrica dedicata all' arte e alle mostre.

Ricopre l'incarico di responsabile culturale dell'Associazione Amici di Brera ed è presidente dell'Associazione Amici del Poldi Pezzoli.

È inoltre curatore della Pinacoteca Podesti di Ancona.

Reviews

[Timmothy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The signature sixteen foldout pages of the Rizzoli Quadrifolio series provide a wonderful amount of detail to this monumental work of art and is highly affordable. Sometime in your life, and hopefully more than once, you have to visit the Sistine Chapel. Do yourself a favor and look at this book before and after for even more amazement. While the good quality post restoration reproductions, paper and printing earn a hurrah, the text is comparitively short-96p and deserves a companion book. There are a plethora of Michelangelo books including the excellent and more expensive Michelangelo : The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture by Wm. Wallace and Michelangelo: The Vatican Frescoes by Pierluigi De Vecchi. Personally I like the highly readable, fascinating, affordable and excellent Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King, author of one of my favorite book's, Brunelleschi's Dome and almost as good. When you combine the Rizzoli Quadrifolio with the Ross King, you have the best and cheapest of them: five stars.

[Cheer Papworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a must read before visiting the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel took my breath away and the information in this book brought great insight to what I saw. I love the Delphic Sybil on the cover...she is one of my favorite Syphils.