Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
This is a quick follow-up to my post on Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King.
I didn't know it, but he's since written another book in the same vein. From the publisher's website:
...His most recent book is Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling, a nonfiction book that Ross describes as a companion piece to Brunelleschi's Dome: "In the same way that Brunelleschi's Dome is about Brunelleschi, but also about Florence at that time," King says, "Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling is about Rome in the years 1508 to 1512—sort of an artisan's-eye view of the Renaissance." Once again it was Vasari who provided the starting-point: "While I discovered that much of what Vasari wrote about Brunelleschi was true, the same can't exactly be said for his account of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. What I wanted to do, therefore, was look through the legend to get a more accurate idea of the process of painting the fresco, and in doing so to bring a number of other characters, such as his assistants, into the picture. Michelangelo's achievement is no less stunning, and the story is, I think, actually more interesting."...There's more on King and his books at the same site (use the title link).
For my prior post, see: Good Book: Brunelleschi’s Dome, by Ross King
No comments:
Post a Comment