Poems and Letters: Selections, with the 1550 Vasari Life
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- Synopsis
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic Renaissance creator was also a prolific and gifted poet. The verses collected here are primarily devoted to love and religion. Intense and passionate, the love poems focus on two figures: Tommaso de Cavalieri and Vittoria Colonna; with the sonnets and madrigals dedicated to de Cavalieri revealing a highly charged, homoerotic fervour - previously obscured in the original versions. Michelangelo's later religious poetry moves away from his earlier wordly concerns, while his letters provide a fasicnating insight into his fanily relations and day-to-day life as a working artist. The result is a revealing picture of one of the towering figures of the Renaissance.
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780141966755
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780140449563
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Date of Addition:
- 04/18/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Anthony Mortimer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Poetry, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.