Michelangelo and the Viewer in His Time - Couverture souple

Barnes, Bernadine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1836391617 ISBN 13 : 9781836391616

Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2025

Synopsis

In this engaging account, now in paperback, Bernadine Barnes uses new research to show how Michelangelo’s art was seen in its own time. The original setting is reconstructed for works that have been moved, modified or left incomplete. Michelangelo’s consideration of his audience changed throughout his career: sometimes he produced work for conventional religious settings and at other times he was given unprecedented freedom by open-minded patrons. This book brings the viewer back into the development of Michelangelo’s work and gives emphasis to the differences between viewers in specific settings.
Michelangelo lived in a time when the development of prints and published art criticism changed the nature of the viewing public in ways that foreshadow our own media culture. This book encourages today’s viewers to take a fresh look at Michelangelo’s work.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bernadine Barnes is Professor of Renaissance Art History at Wake Forest University, North Carolina. Her previous publications include Michelangelo’s Last Judgment: The Renaissance Response (1998) and Michelangelo in Print: Reproductions as Response in the Sixteenth Century (2010).

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An engaging account of how Michelangelo’s art was viewed in its own time.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reaktion Books
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1836391617
• ISBN 13: 9781836391616
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible