Young Michelangelo : the path to the Sistine by Spike, John T instant download

Young Michelangelo : the path to the Sistine by Spike, John T instant download

271 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm, \"Author John T. Spike surveys Michelangelo's early life from birth to his early thirties, probing the thinking, artistic evolution and yearnings of a young man thoroughly convinced of his own exceptional talent. Spike explores Michelangelo's involvement in the most troubling controversies of his age and recreates Florence and Rome with vivid sketches of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Leonardo, Julius II and Machiavelli\"--Publisher's description, Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index, In the beginning: Florence, 1475-1489/90 -- Garden of the Medici: Florence, 1489/90-April 1492 -- Generations: Florence, Bologna, Florence, April 1492-June 1496 -- Sacred and profane love: Rome, July 1496-July 1500 -- David: Florence, July 1500-June 1504 -- Vizier: Florence, Rome, Carrara, Bologna, Rome, June 1504-March 1508