Life of Michelangelo

Condivi's unparalleled biography presents his friend Michelangelo's life, work and struggles in the world of Papal politics and Italian wars. This edition reproduces the long unavailable translation by Charles Holroyd and has 49 pages of illustrations covering the span of Michelangelo's achievement.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ascanio Condivi (c. 1525-1574), from the Marchigian town of Ripatransone, was a moderately talented painter, sculptor and architect, remembered today chiefly for this biography of his friend Michelangelo. This edition of Condivi’s Life is introduced by Charles Robertson, former head of the History of Art Department of Oxford Brookes University, who has published a number of studies on Italian Renaissance art and architecture.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ascanio Condivi
• Verlag: Pallas Athene
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheint: 14.10.2024, verspätet
• EAN: 9781843682615
• ISBN: 978-1-84368-261-5
• Seiten: 240
• Serie: Lives of the Artists
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft