Distrustful, argumentative, creative and highly competitive, Michelangelo Buonarroti was a sculptor of genius. Ross King's awe-inspiring book Michelangelo And The Pope's Ceiling tells the story how this genius sculptor created one of the greatest treasures of The Renaissance, the ceiling frescos of the Sistine Chapel. King draws a written and interesting portrait of Michelangelo that includes family, his fellow artists, his chaotic life and times in a thirty-one chapter book. As King points out in his research in this book, not everything is heard about Michelangelo's life beyond the Sistine chapel. Such as the image of the solitary artist, lying on his back on scaffold, paint dripping onto his face, is a misinterpretation.
One of these misinterpretations comes from the all-important work before the Sistine Chapel project. Pope Julius II acquired Michelangelo to build in Carrara marble his tomb, unfortunately, this never happened and Michelangelo was assigned to the job of......
Join Now or Login to view the rest of this paper.
Approximate Word Count: 649
Approximate Pages: 3 (260 words per double-spaced page) |