Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling.
by KING, ROSS:
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- ISBN 10
- 0701171197
- ISBN 13
- 9780701171193
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black+purple lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Assumed(?) inevitable sunning/fading to spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,some light,superficial scoring and indents to dw/dj panels - all without penetration or affecting the boards beneath;and unobtrusive 'ghost' residue of an adhesive label towards top,right-hand corner of front dw/dj panel.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viipp+ 1-371pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,31 chapters and an epilogue,48 b/w historical reproductions/illustrations throughout the text and the book,12pp modern colour photographs of detail from the ceiling painting,in 1 block,between pp182/83,chapter+epilogue notes,b/w illustrations and colour plates lists/tables,an extensive 15pp bibliography, an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with acknowledgements to it's reverse,and 2 b/w historical geographic (Italy) and city (Rome) maps verso+recto page.
In 1508,Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.He had been strongly advised against doing so.The thirty-three-year-old Michelangelo had very little experience of the physically and technically taxing art of fresco; and,at twelve thousand square feet,the ceiling represented one of the largest such projects ever attempted.Indeed,Michelangelo himself was reluctant,considering himself a sculptor rather than a painter.Nevertheless,for the next four years he and a hand-picked team of assistants laboured over the vast ceiling, making thousands of drawings and spending back-breaking hours on a scaffold fifty feet above the floor.The result was one of the greatest masterpieces of all time. 'There is no other work to compare with this for excellence,nor could there be,' wrote Vasari in his 'Lives of the Artists.' See also,my book ID rja662917 - Giorgio Vasari: LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI [FOLIO SOCIETY edn.]. Ross King's fascinating new book tells the story of those four extraordinary years. Battling against ill health,financial difficulties, domestic problems and inadequate knowledge of the art of fresco,Michelangelo created figures so beautiful that,when they were unveiled in 1512,they stunned his onlookers.Working with brushes made from hogs' bristles,and pigments manufactured by monks in Florence,he and his assistants painted nudes in such detail that modern anatomy has yet to find names for some of their muscles.From Michelangelo's ground-breaking studies of the human form to his bitter rivalry with Raphael,who was working on the neighbouring Papal Apartments,Ross King paints a magnificent picture of day-to-day life on the Sistine scaffolding - and outside,in the upheaval of early sixteenth-century Rome.The author of 'Brunelleschi's Dome',a highly praised account of how the Renaissance architect Brunelleschi constructed the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence.He has also written two novels,'Domino' and 'Ex-Libris.' Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
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Synopsis
In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel. With little experience as a painter (though famed for his sculpture David ), Michelangelo was reluctant to begin the massive project. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling recounts the four extraordinary years Michelangelo spent laboring over the vast ceiling while the power politics and personal rivalries that abounded in Rome swirled around him. Battling against ill health, financial difficulties, domestic problems, the pope's impatience, and a bitter rivalry with the brilliant young painter Raphael, Michelangelo created scenes so beautiful that they are considered one of the greatest masterpieces of all time. A panorama of illustrious figures converged around the creation of this great work-from the great Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus to the young Martin Luther-and Ross King skillfully weaves them through his compelling historical narrative, offering uncommon insight into the intersection of art and history.
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- Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling.
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- KING, ROSS:
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- illus with historical b/w reproductions and contemporary colour photographs.
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- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0701171197
- ISBN 13
- 9780701171193
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- LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,2002.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2003
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