The Sonnets Of Michelangelo
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Slipcase: Worn
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of Renaissance poetry, The Sonnets of Michelangelo presents the deeply personal and philosophical verse of one of history's greatest artistic geniuses, revealing a side of the master rarely encountered through his paintings and sculptures alone. Written across several decades of his long life, the sonnets chronicle his passionate devotion to beauty, his turbulent relationships with muses such as Tommaso de' Cavalieri and Vittoria Colonna, and his profound wrestling with faith, mortality, and the nature of the soul. The tone shifts fluidly between ardent and contemplative, at times burning with Neoplatonic idealism and at others settling into quiet, austere meditation on aging and divine grace. Composed in the Italian vernacular with the formal rigor of the Petrarchan tradition, the poems illustrate how Michelangelo understood art itself as a spiritual act — a means of liberating the ideal form hidden within both marble and the human heart. For readers of Renaissance literature, art history, or lyric poetry, this collection stands as an indispensable testament to a towering intellect whose genius extended far beyond the visual arts.
Author: Michelangelo
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, The Folio Society
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Slipcase: Worn
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of Renaissance poetry, The Sonnets of Michelangelo presents the deeply personal and philosophical verse of one of history's greatest artistic geniuses, revealing a side of the master rarely encountered through his paintings and sculptures alone. Written across several decades of his long life, the sonnets chronicle his passionate devotion to beauty, his turbulent relationships with muses such as Tommaso de' Cavalieri and Vittoria Colonna, and his profound wrestling with faith, mortality, and the nature of the soul. The tone shifts fluidly between ardent and contemplative, at times burning with Neoplatonic idealism and at others settling into quiet, austere meditation on aging and divine grace. Composed in the Italian vernacular with the formal rigor of the Petrarchan tradition, the poems illustrate how Michelangelo understood art itself as a spiritual act — a means of liberating the ideal form hidden within both marble and the human heart. For readers of Renaissance literature, art history, or lyric poetry, this collection stands as an indispensable testament to a towering intellect whose genius extended far beyond the visual arts.