Michelangelo: His Life & Works In 500 Images by Rosalind Ormiston

Michelangelo: His Life & Works In 500 Images by Rosalind Ormiston

The first half of this stunning new book explores Michelangelo's fascinating life through his family, friends, patrons and commissions. Born near Florence in 1475 Michelangelo grew up surrounded by new forms of architecture, painting and sculpture. His influences and achievements are explained clearly and comprehensively with informative and attractive illustrations throughout. The second half of the book contains a comprehensive gallery of over 300 of his major works of sculpture, painting and architecture. These superb reproductions are accompanied by thorough analysis of each artwork and its significance with the context of Michelangelo's life, his technique and his body of work as a whole.

Rosalind Ormiston is a researcher, lecturer and author with a wide range of interests in art, architecture and design history. Since 2002 she has been a lecturer in art and architectural history at Kingston University, London with a specialist field of Renaissance Italy. She writes for academic publications and consumer periodicals. Published work includes The Colour Source Book (2007), Alphonse Mucha: Masterworks (2008) and Art Deco: The Golden Age of Graphic Art and Illustration (2008).

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ISBN 13	9780754820772
ISBN 10	0754820777
Titel	Michelangelo: His Life & Works In 500 Images
Autor	Rosalind Ormiston
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Anness Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2010-11-03
Seitenanzahl	256
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