When pope julius ii saw michelangelos pieta, he determined to have his grand tomb made by the artist. How a renaissance genius reinvented architecture, and michelangelo and the pope s ceiling, and more on. Pope julius ii even had a nickname, il papa terrible, to prove it. See all 30 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Indeed, michaelangelo himself was reluctant for he considered himself primarily a sculptor rather than a painter. Despite having completed his masterful statue david four years earlier, he had little experience as a painter, even less working in the delicate medium of fresco, and none with challenging curved.
It tells the story which begins in 1508 when pope julius ii induced michelangelo born 6 mar 1475. Writing michelangelo buonarrotis life is a tough option. King talked about his book michelangelo and the popes ceiling, published by walker and co. In his masterful, well researched portrayal of michelangelo s fouryear 15081512 effort to fill the 12,000 square foot, vaulted ceiling of the sistine chapel with new frescoes for pope julius ii, ross king examines and places in context the known details of michelangelo s life, the images he includes in the frescoes, and his relationship with pope julius ii, called the terrifying pope. The result is a delightful book that overturns many legends. This ought not to be so, because his first biographers. Few books have the power to transport you in time, without the use of science fiction ross king s book manages that feat. Michelangelo and the popes ceiling by ross king librarything. When the pope handed michelangelo control of the st. Ross kings fascinating new book tells the story of those four extraordinary years.
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