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ISBN-10: 0789324431
ISBN-13: 9780789324436
Edition: 2012
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Based on the successful format of Discovering the Great Masters, this new book, Discovering Michelangelo: The Art Lover's Guide to Understanding His Masterpieces, features 50 important paintings, drawings, and works of sculpture--including David and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel--full of symbolism that are decoded for the reader by one of the world's leading Michelangelo scholars. Each work featured in Discovering Michelangelo tells a story that becomes more fascinating as layer upon layer of symbolic meaning is revealed. A partial list of works is below: Battle of the Centaurs, Florence, Casa Buonarroti c. 1491-92 Bacchus, Florence, Bargello Museum, 1496-97 Pietà, Rome, St. Peter's,… 1497-99 David, Florence, Accademia Museum, 1501-04 Doni tondo, Florence, Uffizi Gallery, 1503-04 Bruges Madonna, Bruges, Church of Notre-Dame, 1503-05 Sistine Chapel ceiling, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, 1508-12Moses, Tomb of Pope Julius II, Rome, San Pietro in Vincoli, c. 1513-16 Tomb of Giuliano, Medici Chapel, Florence, San Lorenzo, 1519-34View of the Laurentian Library vestibule and steps, Florence, San Lorenzo Last Judgment, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, 1534-41 Florentine Pietà, Florence, Museo del Opera del Duomo, c. 1547-55 View of Capitoline Hill, Rome, begun c. 1538- View of St. Peter's from the Vatican Gardens, Rome, 1546- Rondanini Pietà, Milan, Castello Sforzesco, 1555-64