From Marble to Flesh
From Marble to Flesh

Author: Arnold Victor Coonin

Publisher: Florentine Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9788897696025

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About the author. A. Victor Coonin is James F. Ruffin Chair of Art at Rhodes College. He has received fellowships and grants from the Mellon, Kress, and Fullbright foundations and has served on committees for the Fullbright, National Endowment for the Humanities, and College Art Association. Author of numerous articles and editor of 2 books, this is his first monograph. -- Publisher's website.

Michelangelo's David
Michelangelo's David

Author: John T. Paoletti

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-02-12

Total Pages: 780

ISBN-13: 1316240134

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This book takes a new look at the interpretations of, and the historical information surrounding, Michelangelo's David. New documentary materials discovered by Rolf Bagemihl add to the early history of the stone block that became the David and provide an identity for the painted terracotta colossus that stood on the cathedral buttresses for which Michelangelo's statue was to be a companion. The David, with its placement at the Palazzo della Signoria, was deeply implicated in the civic history of Florence, where public nakedness played a ritual role in the military and in the political lives of its people. This book, then, places the David not only within the artistic history of Florence and its monuments but also within the popular culture of the period as well.

The Giant
The Giant

Author: Laura Morelli (author)

Publisher:

Published: 1901

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781942467403

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As a colossal statue takes shape in Renaissance Florence, the lives of a master sculptor and a struggling painter become stunningly intertwined. Florence, 1500. Fresco painter Jacopo Torni longs to make his mark in the world. But while his peers enjoy prestigious commissions, his meager painting jobs are all earmarked to pay down gambling debts. When Jacopo hears of a competition to create Florence's greatest sculpture, he pins all his hopes on a collaboration with his boyhood companion, Michelangelo Buonarroti. But will the frustrated artist ever emerge from the shadow of his singularly gifted friend? From the author of THE PAINTER'S APPRENTICE and THE GONDOLA MAKER comes a gorgeously crafted, immersive tale of Renaissance Italy. Based on a true story.

David by the Hand of Michelangelo
David by the Hand of Michelangelo

Author: Frederick Hartt

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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In March, 1987, art historian Frederick Hartt announced the discovery of a small stucco torso which he believed to be Michelangelo's model for his famous "David." Hartt, the eminent Italian Renaissance scholar, recounts the commissioning of the David, Vasari's description of the model and Michelangelo's methods, and the inventorying of the model in the Medici apartments in the Palazzo Vecchio from the early sixteenth century until 1690, when a terrible fire swept the building. He reconstructs the probable chain of events the occurred after the fire, when the model, severely damaged, fell into the rubble and was lost for the next two centuries. This masterpiece of detection and deduction reads like a thriller.

Oil and Marble
Oil and Marble

Author: Stephanie Storey

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2016-03-01

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1628726393

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"From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself. The two despise each other."--Front jacket flap.

David
David

Author: Aurelio Amendola

Publisher: 24 Ore Cultura

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788866481744

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Stunning photos of the ultimate symbol of Renaissance art - Michelangelo's David.

Stone Giant
Stone Giant

Author: Jane Sutcliffe

Publisher: Charlesbridge

Published: 2014-04-08

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1607347342

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Michelangelo saw something—someone—special in the stone. No one wanted the “giant.” The hulking block of marble lay in the work yard, rained on, hacked at, and abandoned—until a young Michelangelo saw his David in it. Night and day, Michelangelo worked in secret, lovingly coaxing statue out of the stone. Its majesty endures even today. This is the story of how a neglected, discarded stone became a masterpiece for all time. It is also a story of how humans see themselves reflected in art. Back matter includes further information about David and a selected bibliography

Michelangelo's David
Michelangelo's David

Author: Michelangelo Buonarroti

Publisher: Royal Academy Books

Published: 2006-12

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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Michelangelos classic David is one of the worlds most recogniseable sculptures. In this book this timeless work is presented in an intriguing new light with breathtakingly original photographs and an insightful text which revisits the biblical story to rediscover Davids personality, while reconstructing the milestones that marked Michelangelos creation of this magnificent work.