Michelangelo:
The Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel
by Marcia B. Hall, Takashi Okamura
Book Description: Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel-the
great glory of Vatican art and one of the most treasured masterpieces of
Western painting-provide a visual feast for art lovers in this magnificent,
affordable new book. Presenting a complete survey of the restored Sistine
Chapel frescoes from Creation scenes to the Last Judgment, the book includes
a new text by a prominent American scholar. The stunning photographs, previously
published by Abrams in two separate volumes, show brilliant details as
well as large, overall views. No other one-volume work on the Sistine Chapel
offers such a clear, concise introduction to this perennially popular subject.
Hardcover from Harry N Abrams
Book Published: November, 2002 |
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Michelangelo
the Last Judgment: A Glorious Restoration
by Fabrizio Mancinelli, Gianluigi Colalucci, Okamura, Loren W. Partridge
Michelangelo's The Last Judgment, painted on the rear wall of the Sistine
Chapel in the Vatican, is considered by many to be the artist's greatest
triumph as well as one of the most important works in the history of art.
Here, the newly cleaned and restored fresco is presented in all its powerful
complexity and brilliant color. The 150 magnificent full-color images show
the work both in its entirety and in many splendid close-up details.
Hardcover - 208 pages (October 1997) Harry N Abrams |
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The
Agony and the Ecstasy : A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
by Irving Stone
Author of Lust for Life
Paperback - 776 pages Reissue edition (December 1996)
New American Library; ISBN: 0451171357
Michelangelo
Life Drawings
by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Paperback (December 1980)
Dover Pubns; ISBN: 0486238768
Michelangelo:
Paintings, Sculpture, Architecture
by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Ludwig Goldscheider
First printed in 1953, updated with colour photographs of the Sistine
Chapel.
Paperback - 280 pages 6th edition
(September 1996) Phaidon Press Inc. |
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Michelangelo's
Last Judgment: The Renaissance Response
(Discovery Series, No 5)
by Bernadine Ann Barnes
Hardcover, 225 pages (January 1998) Univ California Press
Michelangelo and Raphael in the Vatican: With Botticelli, Perugino,
Signorelli, Ghirlandaio, and Rosselli
by F. Rossi, Fabrizio Mancinelli, Antonio P. Graziano
Hardcover - 215 pages 1st edition (March 1997) Treasures
Inc.
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Michelangelo
and His Influence; Drawings from Windsor Castle
by Paul Joannides
Hardcover (November 1996)
Lund Humphries Publishers
Michelangelo
and the Pope's Ceiling
by Ross King
Almost 500 years after Michelangelo Buonarroti frescoed the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, the site still attracts throngs of visitors
and is considered one of the artistic masterpieces of the world. Michelangelo
and the Pope’s Ceiling unveils the story behind the art's
making, a story rife with all the drama of a modern-day soap opera.
The temperament of the day was dictated by the politics of the papal
court, a corrupt and powerful office steeped in controversy; Pope Julius
II even had a nickname, "Il Papa Terrible," to prove it. Along with his
violent outbursts and warmongering, Pope Julius II took upon himself to
restore the Sistine Chapel and pretty much intimidated Michelangelo into
painting the ceiling even though the artist considered himself primarily
a sculptor and was particularly unfamiliar with the temperamental art of
fresco. Along with technical difficulties, personality conflicts, and money
troubles, Michelangelo was plagued by health problems and competition in
the form of the dashing and talented young painter Raphael.
Author Ross King offers an in-depth analysis of the complex historical
background that led to the magnificence that is the Sistine Chapel ceiling
along with detailed discussion of some of the ceiling’s panels.
King provides fabulous tidbits of information and weaves together a fascinating
historical tale. --J.P. Cohen - Amazon.com
Paperback from Penguin USA (Paper)
Book Published: 25 November, 2003
Michelangelo
and the Pope's Ceiling
by Ross King
Hardcover from Walker & Co
Book Published: January, 2003 |
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Michelangelo
(First Impressions)
by Richard B. McLanathan
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover - 92 pages (May 1993) Harry N Abrams
Michelangelo
by Howard Hibbard
Paperback 2nd edition (August 1985)
Icon (Harpe)
Michelangelo:
The Vatican Frescoes
by Pierluigi De Vecchi, Gianluigi Colalucci (Contributor)
Hardcover - 272 pages (March 1997)
Abbeville Press, Inc.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Charlton Heston
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Artists
Michelangelo's Surprise
by Tony Parillo
Hardcover - 32 pages (October 1998)
Farrar Straus & Giroux (Children)
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The Sistine Chapel: A Glorious Restoration
by Carlo Pietrangeli (Editor), Michael Hirst (Contributor), Gianluigi
Colalucci, Fabrizio Mancinelli, John Shearman (Contributor)
Hardcover - 271 pages Reprint edition (May 1994) Harry
N Abrams
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The Three Worlds of Michelangelo
by James H. Beck
Hardcover - 269 pages (February 1999) W W Norton &
Co
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Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture
by Michelangelo Buonarroti, William E. Wallace
(Hardcover)
268 pages (November 1998) Beaux Arts Editions
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