Main entry:

Beck, James H.

Title & Author:

Michelangelo : the Medici Chapel / James Beck, Antonio Paolucci, Bruno Santi ; photographs by Aurelio Amendola ; notes on the restoration by Agnese Parronchi and Francesco Panichi.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1994.

Description:

213 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 36 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Photographing Michelangelo / Antonio Paolucci -- Michelangelo and the Medici tombs / James Beck -- The mark of genius : Michelangelo architect and sculptor in the new sacristy / Bruno Santi -- Looking at Michelangelo : the Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours; the Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino; the Holy Triptych; the architecture / Aurelio Amendola -- The restoration of the Tombs / Agnese Parronchi and Francesco Panichi.
Translation of: Un occhio su Michelangelo.

Summary:

This is a superb collection - 160 pages of exquisitely printed photographs by a master photographer of what are probably the most famous sculptures in the world, endlessly copied and universally recognized - Michelangelo's two seated Medici dukes (Giuliano de' Medici and Lorenzo de' Medici) and the reclining figures of night, day, dawn, and dusk. Accompanying essays by Bruno Santi, director of the Medici Chapel from 1982 to 1992, and by the art historians Antonio Paolucci and James Beck, provide the historical background to the Chapel, especially the Medici's family mausoleum, and explain how the concept changed over the fifteen years when Michelangelo was working on it.

ISBN:

0500236909
9780500236901

Subject:

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
Medici, House of Tombs.
Maison des Médicis Tombeaux.
Medici, House of
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 Criticism and interpretation.
San Lorenzo (Church : Florence, Italy). Sagrestia nuova.
Sculpture, Italian Italy Florence.
Mannerism (Art) Italy Florence.
Sculpture italienne Italie Florence.
Maniérisme (Art) Italie Florence.
Mannerism (Art)
Sculpture, Italian
Tombs
Medicikapel (Florence)
Plastieken.
Sculpture, Italian Florence.
Artists Italy 16th century.
Italy Florence
Sculptures
Italy

Added entries:

Paolucci, Antonio.
Santi, Bruno.
Amendola, Aurelio.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 84217
Call No.: IDM N6923.B9.A4; ID:95-B346
Status: Available