Other editions of book The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, based on studies in the archives of the Buonarroti family at Florence Volume 2

According to a vague tradition the Simoni drew their blood from the high and puissant Counts of Canossa. Michelangelo himself believed in this pedigree for which there is however no foundation in fact and no heraldic corroboration. According to his friend and biographer Condivi the sculptor¿s first Florentine ancestor was a Messer Simone dei Conti di Canossa who came in 1250 as Podesta to Florence.

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Trade Paperback; Very Good; Trade Paperback. Very Good/Paper Wraps. First Thus. 4 x 7". General wear to wraps, 1-inch closed tear to rear panel, light foxing to wraps and FFEP, previous owner's name neatly inked on FFEP. In this famous biography, Symonds explores the various facets of Michelangelo's genius--his painting and poetry, his architecture and his sculpture--and reveals in him the culmination and the personification of the High Renaissance. 544 pages, illustrated with B&W photographs.

THE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI By John Addington Symonds This is one of the classic studies of Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Renaissance genius, by one of the finest writers on art in modern times, John Addington Symonds. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti is a fascinating, elegantly-written book full of illuminating insights into the life and artistic career of the Italian master. Symonds’ study is one of the key reference works for any exploration of Michelangelo. Fully illustrated, from each stage in Michelangelo’s career. Painters Series. 488 pages. www.crmoon.com

Excerpt from The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Vol. 2 of 2Clement VII., fulfilled his last wishes by transfer ring them to Florence, and providing the stately receptacle in which they still repose.The task assigned to Michelangelo, when. He planned the library, was not so simple as that of the new sacristy. Some correspondence took place before the west side of the cloister was finally decided on. What is awkward in the approach to the great staircase must be ascribed to the diffi culty of fitting this building into the old edifice; and probably, if Michelangelo had carried out the Whole work, a worthier entrance from the piazza into the loggia,. And from the loggia into the vesti bule, might have been devised.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or more commonly known by his first name Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Considered by some the greatest living artist during his lifetime, he has since been described as one of the greatest artists of all time. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his artistic versatility was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival, the fellow Florentine and client of the Medici, Leonardo da Vinci. In his lifetime, Michelangelo was often called Il Divino ("the divine one"). His contemporaries often admired his terribilità—his ability to instil a sense of awe. Attempts by subsequent artists to imitate Michelangelo's impassioned, highly personal style resulted in Mannerism, the next major movement in Western art after the High Renaissance.

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Excerpt from The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Vol. 2 of 2Clement VII., fulfilled his last wishes by transfer ring them to Florence, and providing the stately receptacle in which they still repose.The task assigned to Michelangelo, when. He planned the library, was not so simple as that of the new sacristy. Some correspondence took place before the west side of the cloister was finally decided on. What is awkward in the approach to the great staircase must be ascribed to the diffi culty of fitting this building into the old edifice; and probably, if Michelangelo had carried out the Whole work, a worthier entrance from the piazza into the loggia,. And from the loggia into the vesti bule, might have been devised.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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