Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
By: Andrew Graham-Dixon
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780297853657
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Italian Mural painting and decoration; Renaissance Mural painting and decoration; Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)
Description: "This book is a retelling of the story of the Sistine Chapel for modern times, and an essential companion to one of the artistic wonders of the world."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Plan of Sistine Chapel Ceiling -- -- pt. 1.; title: Michelangelo Buonarroti and His World -- -- pt. 2.; title: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling -- -- I.; title: The Genesis Cycle, first triad -- -- II.; title: The Genesis Cycle, second triad -- -- III.; title: The Genes is Cycle, last triad -- -- IV.; title: The Four Spandrel Paintings -- -- V.; title: The Imaginary Architecture, the Bronze Figures, the Ignudi -- -- VI.; title: The Ancestors of Christ -- -- VII.; title: The Prophets and Sibyls -- -- pt. 3.; title: The Last Judgement, and Other Endings.