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
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
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.
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 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'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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