{"product_id":"9783836530347","title":"Michelangelo","description":"Italian-born \u003cb\u003eMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni\u003c\/b\u003e (1475–1564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fearing Renaissance man. His manifold achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, and engineering combined body, spirit, and God into visionary masterpieces that \u003cb\u003echanged art history forever\u003c\/b\u003e. Famed biographer Giorgio Vasari considered him the pinnacle of Renaissance achievement. \u003cb\u003eHis peers called him simply “Il Divino” \u003c\/b\u003e(“the divine one”).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book provides the essential introduction to Michelangelo with\u003cb\u003e all the awe-inspiring masterpieces and none of the queues and crowds\u003c\/b\u003e. With vivid illustration and accessible texts, we explore the artist’s\u003cb\u003e extraordinary figuration and celebrated style of \u003ci\u003eterribilità\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (momentous grandeur), which allowed human and biblical drama to exist in compelling scale and fervor. Through the \u003cb\u003epower hubs of Renaissance Italy\u003c\/b\u003e, we take in his major commissions and \u003cb\u003ephenomenal capacity for compositional schemes\u003c\/b\u003e, whether the famous Medici library in Florence, or the extraordinary 500-square-meter ceiling (1508–1512) in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the towering \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eto the aching grief and faith of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pietà\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and the vivid drama of the Sistine Chapel’s \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLast Judgment\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e this is a succinct, dependable reference to a true giant of art history and to \u003cb\u003esome of the most famous artworks in the world\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42371109847101,"sku":"9783836530347","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9783836530347_p0.jpg?v=1771564044","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9783836530347","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}