Masters: Michelangelo

Masters: Michelangelo: описание

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475 1564 commonly known as Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor painter architect poet and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art Despite making few forays beyond the arts his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man along with his fellow Italian Leonardoda Vinci In this volume numerous large sized illustrations showcase the artist s oeuvre authoritative texts illustrate the decisive stages in the artist s life and in the development of his work explaining their significance in the context of his time and for the following generations of artists Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 14751564 commonly known as Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor painter architect poet and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art Despite making few forays beyond the arts his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man along with his fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci In this volume numerous large sized illustrations showcase the artist s oeuvre authoritative texts illustrate the decisive stages in the artist s life and in the development of his work explaining their significance in the context of his time and for the following generations of artists The volumes in this bibliophile series provide unique portraits of European art history Readers gain fascinating insights into the artists biographies and their styles of working Durer and his famous portraits and altarpieces the vivid farm scenes of Pieter Bruegel the great painters of the Italian Renaissance the symphonies in colour of Titian the mysterious chiaroscuro paintings of Caravaggio the ro