Michelangelo's Nose: A Myth and Its Maker - Couverture souple

Barolsky, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0271016841 ISBN 13 : 9780271016849

Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Book by Paul Barolsky

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

An exploration of the ways in which Michelangelo created himself. "Often whimsical, yet deeply erudite, Barolsky's treatment of Michelangelo's nose as the center of his autobiography, self-creation, and iconography is a stimulating and suggestive book"-Lectura Dantis "What gives such sparkle to Barolsky's account is its constant movement to very diverse themes, which all are connected, still, with his central concern, Michelangelo's self-image and his art. So, when he discusses Hegel and Pater on art as self-expression, Montaigne's visit to Italy and his view of Socrates, Michelangelo's gift giving, and the relation of Michelangelo and Machiavelli to Pope Julius II-all these seemingly various themes take us back . . . to the Renaissance notion of the creation of an artistic persona and Barolsky's account of why that culture placed great value on this achievement."-The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism "Barolsky's book has given us a compelling view of Michelangelo as a kind of proto-Romantic 'Ubermensch' participating in the often terrifying epic of his own creation."-Italica

Biographie de l'auteur :

Paul Barolsky is Commonwealth Professor of the History of Art at the University of Virginia. His books on Renaissance art with Penn State Press include The Faun in the Garden: Michelangelo and the Poetic Origins of Italian Renaissance Art (1994), Giotto's Father and the Family of Vasari,Äôs "Lives" (1992), and Why Mona Lisa Smiles and Other Tales by Vasari (1991).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0271016841
• ISBN 13: 9780271016849
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192