The Little Book of Michelangelo, with a preface by Paul Joannides of Cambridge University, provides an accessible introduction to the life and work of this most influential of artists. A painter, sculptor, architect and poet, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the first artist to be recognized by his contemporaries as a genius. The handy alphabetical entries that follow, accompanied by some 100 illustrations, include detailed commentary on his best-known works such as the sculpture of David and the ceiling of the Sistine chapel. A biographical essay sets the scene, charting his life from apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio in Florence, to his final years of loneliness, sculpting his pietas. Из серии: The Little Book Series
2003