Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
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Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
By (Author) William E. Wallace
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
1st July 2021
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of art
History of architecture
720.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
328
Width 133mm, Height 203mm
Description
The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades-and his transformation into the master architect of St. Peter's Basilica As he entered his seventies, Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were over. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme Renaissance painter and sc
Reviews
"Finalist for the Marfield Prize (The National Award for Arts Writing), Arts Club of Washington"
"[Michelangelo, Gods Architect] paints a complex portrait of this tortured and talented Renaissance man and excavates a lesser-known but crucial final chapter of the artists approximately 75-year career.[An] extremely readable, engaging book. Lauren Moya Ford, Hyperallergic"
"Michelangelo, Gods Architect represents the culmination of a career dedicated almost entirely to this single, engrossing figure. . . . Wallaces book is a model of deep scholarship brought to life with lively prose through the integration of sixteenth century documents on almost every page. . . . A rollicking good story."---Cammy Brothers, Journal for the Society of Architectural Historians
Author Bio
William E. Wallace is the Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History at Washington University in St. Louis. His many books include Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man, and His Times.
