Michelangelo was born 550 years ago. Here are 10 items from our collection about his life and work. And a cool website as a bonus
Exhibition on screen. Season 4, episode 4, Michelangelo : love and death by
A virtuoso craftsman, Michelangelo's artistry is evident in everything he touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of David, the deeply moving Pietà in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter, and his tour-de-force, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, still leave us breathless.
Michelangelo by
Michelangelo Buonarroti's career spanned almost seven decades, during which time he was instrumental in the development of an art style that represents the pinnacle of the Italian High Renaissance. His unrivaled genius, violent temper and singular determination to pursue his art meant that he often worked alone, undertaking great feats of physical and intellectual endurance.
Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel open at the Met by
Take a 360 tour with Carmen C. Bambach, who curated "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Michelangelo in the New Millennium by
Michelangelo in the New Millennium presents six paired studies in dialogue with each other that offer new ways of looking at Michelangelo's art as a series of social, creative, and emotional exchanges where artistic intention remains flexible; probe deeper into the artist's formal borrowing and how it affects meaning regarding his early religious works; and consider the making and significance of his late papal painting projects commissioned by Paul III and Paul IV for chapels at the Vatican Palace.
Michelangelo's Christian Mysticism by
In this book, Sarah Rolfe Prodan examines the spiritual poetry of Michelangelo in light of three contexts: the Catholic Reformation movement, Renaissance Augustinianism, and the tradition of Italian religious devotion.
Michelangelo's David by
This book takes a new look at the interpretations of, and the historical information surrounding, Michelangelo's David.
Michelangelo's Sculpture by
For half a century, Steinberg delved into Michelangelo's work, revealing the symbolic structures underlying the artist's highly charged idiom. This volume of essays and unpublished lectures explicates many of Michelangelo's most celebrated sculptures, applying principles gleaned from long, hard looking.
Siting Michelangelo by
In Siting Michelangelo, Peter Gillgren investigates Michelangelo's works as conceived with the aim of altering and rearranging what was already in place. Gillgren's study shows that not only must we look closely at the works of art, but we must fully consider them as embodiments of their sitedness.
The Complete Poems of Michelangelo by
Though known primarily as a sculptor and painter, Michelangelo was also a poet. In his lifetime, Michelangelo wrote over 300 poems, many of which were works of devotion and love poems of a spiritual and mystical nature.
The Divine Michelangelo by
This revealing drama documentary traces his development from angry young man to pride of Rome. His prodigious talent has led people to describe him as more divine than human. Modern experts reproduce elements of his work to discover the extent of his genius. His personal life is also examined.
