Young Michelangelo
Subtitle: the path to the Sistine
By: John T. Spike
Contributors: Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
Publisher: Vendome Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780865652668
Subjects: Childhood and youth; Biography; Artists
Other titles: Path to the Sistine
Description: Spike covers the full range of Michelangelo's early years and explores the overwhelming influence that his charismatic personality had upon his contemporaries and followers. He traces Michelangelo's development into a master sculptor, probes his involvement in the most troubling controversies of his age, and recreates Florence and Rome with vivid sketches.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning : Florence, 1475-1489/90; title: The garden of the Medici ; Florence, 1489/90-April 1492; title: The generations : Florence, Bologna, Florence, April 1492-June 1496; title: Sacred and profane love : Rome, July 1496-July 1500; title: David : Florence, July 1496-June 1504; title: The vizier : Florence, Rome, Carrara, Bologna, Rome, June 1504-March 1508.