Michelangelo
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few artists have shaped the course of Western civilization as profoundly as the Renaissance master whose hand brought to life the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the towering David, and the transcendent Pietà — and Howard Hibbard's Michelangelo stands as one of the most authoritative and penetrating biographical studies of this titan of human creativity. With scholarly precision and narrative elegance, Hibbard chronicles the arc of Michelangelo Buonarroti's extraordinary life, from his turbulent early years in Medici Florence through his monumental commissions in Rome, illuminating the relentless ambition, spiritual torment, and supreme artistic genius that defined his seven decades of unbroken creation. Hibbard's approach is both rigorous and deeply humanistic, presenting Michelangelo not merely as a mythologized genius but as a man of contradictions — fiercely independent yet bound to powerful patrons, devoted to beauty yet consumed by religious anxiety. Drawing on primary sources and a commanding knowledge of Renaissance art history, the author illustrates how architecture, sculpture, and painting converged in a single, singular mind to produce works that remain, to this day, the measure of human artistic achievement. For anyone who has ever stood before a Michelangelo and felt something shift within them, this book demands to be read.
Author: Howard Hibbard
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few artists have shaped the course of Western civilization as profoundly as the Renaissance master whose hand brought to life the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the towering David, and the transcendent Pietà — and Howard Hibbard's Michelangelo stands as one of the most authoritative and penetrating biographical studies of this titan of human creativity. With scholarly precision and narrative elegance, Hibbard chronicles the arc of Michelangelo Buonarroti's extraordinary life, from his turbulent early years in Medici Florence through his monumental commissions in Rome, illuminating the relentless ambition, spiritual torment, and supreme artistic genius that defined his seven decades of unbroken creation. Hibbard's approach is both rigorous and deeply humanistic, presenting Michelangelo not merely as a mythologized genius but as a man of contradictions — fiercely independent yet bound to powerful patrons, devoted to beauty yet consumed by religious anxiety. Drawing on primary sources and a commanding knowledge of Renaissance art history, the author illustrates how architecture, sculpture, and painting converged in a single, singular mind to produce works that remain, to this day, the measure of human artistic achievement. For anyone who has ever stood before a Michelangelo and felt something shift within them, this book demands to be read.