The Life Of Michelangelo Buonarotti

The Life of Michelangelo Buonarotti is a biography written by John Addington Symonds that details the life and artistic career of the famous Italian Renaissance artist, Michelangelo Buonarotti. The book begins with Michelangelo's early life and education, including his apprenticeship with the artist Domenico Ghirlandaio. It then explores his major works, such as the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the sculpture of David, as well as his other artistic endeavors, including architecture and poetry.Throughout the book, Symonds provides a detailed analysis of Michelangelo's artistic style and techniques, as well as his personal struggles and relationships. He also discusses the political and social context of Michelangelo's life, including his relationships with various powerful figures of the time, such as the Medici family and Pope Julius II.The Life of Michelangelo Buonarotti is a comprehensive and insightful account of one of the most important artists in history, and is an essential read for anyone interested in the Renaissance, art history, or the life of Michelangelo himself.Michelangelo, instinctively and on principle, reacted against the decorative methods of the fifteenth century. If he had to paint a biblical or mythological subject, he avoided landscapes, trees, flowers, birds, beasts, and subordinate groups of figures. He eschewed the arabesques, the labyrinths of foliage and fruit enclosing pictured panels, the candelabra and gay bands of variegated patterns, which enabled a quattrocento painter, like Gozzoli or Pinturicchio, to produce brilliant and harmonious general effects at a small expenditure of intellectual energy.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.