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- Summary
- In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel. With little experience as a painter (though famed for his sculpture David), Michelangelo was reluctant to begin the massive project. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling recounts the four extraordinary years Michelangelo spent laboring over the vast ceiling while the power politics and personal rivalries that abounded in Rome swirled around him. Battling against ill health, financial difficulties, domestic problems, the pope's impatience, and a bitter rivalry with the brilliant young painter Raphael, Michelangelo created scenes so beautiful that they are considered to be among the greatest masterpieces of all time. Four years earlier, at the age of twenty-nine, Michelangelo had unveiled his masterful statue of David in Florence; however, he had little experience as a painter, even less working in the delicate medium of fresco, and none with the curved surface of vaults, which dominated the chapel's ceiling. The temperamental Michelangelo was himself reluctant, and he stormed away from Rome, risking Julius's wrath, only to be persuaded to eventually begin. Michelangelo would spend the next four years laboring over the vast ceiling. He executed hundreds of drawings, many of which are masterpieces in their own right. Contrary to legend, he and his assistants worked standing rather than on their backs, and after his years on the scaffold, Michelangelo suffered a bizarre form of eyestrain that made it impossible for him to read letters unless he held them at arm's length. Nonetheless, he produced one of the greatest masterpieces of all time, about which Giorgio Vasari, in his Lives of the Artists, wrote, 'There is no other work to compare with this for excellence, nor could there be.'
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Contents
-
- Summons
- Conspiracy
- Warrior Pope
- Penance
- Painting in the wet
- Design
- Assistants
- House of Buonarroti
- Fountains of the great deep
- Competition
- Great quandary
- Flaying of Marsyas
- True colors
- He shall build the temple of the Lord
- Family business
- Laocoon
- Golden age
- School of Athens
- Forbidden fruit
- Barbarous multitudes
- Bologna redux
- World's game
- New and wonderful manner of painting
- First and supreme creator
- Expulsion of Heliodorus
- Monster of Ravenna
- Many strange forms
- Armor of faith and the sword of light
- II Pensieroso
- In evil plight
- Final touches
- Language of the gods
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780802713957
- Label
- Michelangelo & the Pope's ceiling
- Title
- Michelangelo & the Pope's ceiling
- Statement of responsibility
- Ross King
- Title variation
- Michelangelo and the Pope's ceiling
- Subject
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- trueItaly -- History -- 1492-1559
- Italy -- History -- 1492-1559
- trueJulius, II, Pope, 1443-1513
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Appreciation
- trueMichelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Contemporaries
- Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Vatican City
- trueMural painting and decoration, Italian -- Vatican City
- Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Vatican City
- trueMural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Vatican City
- trueRenaissance (1300-1600) -- 1300 -- 1600
- trueVatican City
- trueVatican, Sistine Chapel
- trueArtistic rivalry
- trueArtists -- Florence, Italy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel. With little experience as a painter (though famed for his sculpture David), Michelangelo was reluctant to begin the massive project. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling recounts the four extraordinary years Michelangelo spent laboring over the vast ceiling while the power politics and personal rivalries that abounded in Rome swirled around him. Battling against ill health, financial difficulties, domestic problems, the pope's impatience, and a bitter rivalry with the brilliant young painter Raphael, Michelangelo created scenes so beautiful that they are considered to be among the greatest masterpieces of all time. Four years earlier, at the age of twenty-nine, Michelangelo had unveiled his masterful statue of David in Florence; however, he had little experience as a painter, even less working in the delicate medium of fresco, and none with the curved surface of vaults, which dominated the chapel's ceiling. The temperamental Michelangelo was himself reluctant, and he stormed away from Rome, risking Julius's wrath, only to be persuaded to eventually begin. Michelangelo would spend the next four years laboring over the vast ceiling. He executed hundreds of drawings, many of which are masterpieces in their own right. Contrary to legend, he and his assistants worked standing rather than on their backs, and after his years on the scaffold, Michelangelo suffered a bizarre form of eyestrain that made it impossible for him to read letters unless he held them at arm's length. Nonetheless, he produced one of the greatest masterpieces of all time, about which Giorgio Vasari, in his Lives of the Artists, wrote, 'There is no other work to compare with this for excellence, nor could there be.'
- Summary
- Recounts Michelangelo's creation of his masterpiece, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, from his commission from Pope Julius II, through the artist's four years of work, to the final acclaim at the paintings' 1512 unveiling
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2004.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 155532
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- King, Ross
- Dewey number
- 759.5
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ND623.B9
- LC item number
- K55 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
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- Michelangelo Buonarroti
- Michelangelo Buonarroti
- Mural painting and decoration, Italian
- Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance
- Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)
- Italy
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Michelangelo & the Pope's ceiling, Ross King
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-356) and index
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- Contents
- Summons -- Conspiracy -- Warrior Pope -- Penance -- Painting in the wet -- Design -- Assistants -- House of Buonarroti -- Fountains of the great deep -- Competition -- Great quandary -- Flaying of Marsyas -- True colors -- He shall build the temple of the Lord -- Family business -- Laocoon -- Golden age -- School of Athens -- Forbidden fruit -- Barbarous multitudes -- Bologna redux -- World's game -- New and wonderful manner of painting -- First and supreme creator -- Expulsion of Heliodorus -- Monster of Ravenna -- Many strange forms -- Armor of faith and the sword of light -- II Pensieroso -- In evil plight -- Final touches -- Language of the gods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 14601979
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802713957
- Isbn Type
- (hc)
- Lccn
- 2003283284
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)53463633
- Label
- Michelangelo & the Pope's ceiling, Ross King
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-356) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Contents
- Summons -- Conspiracy -- Warrior Pope -- Penance -- Painting in the wet -- Design -- Assistants -- House of Buonarroti -- Fountains of the great deep -- Competition -- Great quandary -- Flaying of Marsyas -- True colors -- He shall build the temple of the Lord -- Family business -- Laocoon -- Golden age -- School of Athens -- Forbidden fruit -- Barbarous multitudes -- Bologna redux -- World's game -- New and wonderful manner of painting -- First and supreme creator -- Expulsion of Heliodorus -- Monster of Ravenna -- Many strange forms -- Armor of faith and the sword of light -- II Pensieroso -- In evil plight -- Final touches -- Language of the gods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 14601979
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802713957
- Isbn Type
- (hc)
- Lccn
- 2003283284
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)53463633
Subject
- true16th century -- 1501 -- 1600
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture
- trueBible -- Illustrations
- Bible -- Illustrations
- Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)
- trueFrescoes -- Italy
- trueHistory writing -- Europe -- Renaissance
- trueItaly -- History -- 1492-1559
- Italy -- History -- 1492-1559
- trueJulius, II, Pope, 1443-1513
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Appreciation
- trueMichelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Contemporaries
- Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Vatican City
- trueMural painting and decoration, Italian -- Vatican City
- Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Vatican City
- trueMural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Vatican City
- trueRenaissance (1300-1600) -- 1300 -- 1600
- trueVatican City
- trueVatican, Sistine Chapel
- trueArtistic rivalry
- trueArtists -- Florence, Italy
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