Main entry:

Summers, David, 1941-

Title & Author:

Michelangelo and the language of art / by David Summers.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1981.

Description:

xvii, 626 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-607) and index.
pt. 1. Fantasy. Laurel ; Quello che non è sia ; Aria ; Furia ; Movement I ; St. Matthew ; L'alta fantasia ; Donatello architetto ; L'alte cose nuove ; Stupore ; Difficultà ; Scattered beauty ; The road to Prato ; Non ha l'ottimo artista alcun concetto ; Terribilità ; Poliziano and Michelangelo ; Panepistemon ; Greek painting ; Paragone ; Imitation -- pt. 2. Order. Microcosm ; Ordine ; Use and beauty ; Primum in aliquo genere ; Quality ; Le seste del giudizio ; Prudence ; Quality and the giudizio dell' occhio ; Donatello's abacus ; Giudizio dell' occhio ; Michelangelo's ideas on proportion ; Michelangelo's proportion studies ; Anatomy ; Movement II ; The letter to an unknown prelate.

Summary:

"Taking significant words and concepts used by Michelangelo and his contemporaries to discuss his art -- among them fantasia, difficultà, facilità, teribilità, ordine, grazia, and novità -- David Summers traces their evolution from classical antiquity through the traditions of philosophy, rhetoric, poetry and medieval artisanship in order to establish their meaning and interrelation during the Renaissance. He draws on the wide range of primary and secondary sources surrounding Michelangelo, as well as upon the visual and iconographic evidence provided by his painting, sculpture and architecture."-- Cover page 4.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0691039577
9780691039572
0691100977 (1. paper)
9780691100975 (1. paper)

Subject:

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
Michelangelo.
Michel-Ange, 1475-1564.
Donatello 1386-1466
Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 Criticism and interpretation.
Artists Italy Psychology.
Sculptors Italy Criticism and interpretation.
Art, Renaissance Italy.
Art Philosophy.
Artistes Italie Psychologie.
Art de la Renaissance Italie.
Art Philosophie.
Sculpteurs Italie Critique et interprétation.
Art, Renaissance
Artists Psychology
Sprache
Ästhetik
Kunst.
Filosofie.
Renaissance.
Beeldende kunstenaars.
Artists Italy History 16th century Psychology.
Arts Philosophy.
Italy

Holdings:

Location: Library main 41323
Call No.: 8991; ID:89-B1444
Status: Available