Michelangelo's 'Last Judgment' - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0521783682 ISBN 13: 9780521783682

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Riassunto

Michelangelo's Last Judgment was the most criticized and discussed painting of the sixteenth century. The subject of the Last Judgment has been a barometer of cultural mood throughout history. It can be interpreted, as Michelangelo did, as the moment when mortals attain immortal bliss or, in more unsettled times, as the terrifying moment when we face the justice of the Lord and are found wanting. The painting must hold in tension admonition and celebration. Michelangelo created his fresco in the final flowering of Renaissance humanism. Four years after its unveiling, the Council of Trent began meeting and the Counter-Reformation was under way. Caught on the cusp of a major shift of values, Michelangelo and his fresco were praised by lovers of art and condemned by conservative churchmen who sought a tool with which to exhort the wavering faithful, tempted to defect to Protestantism. This book explores the context, both historical and biographical, in which the fresco was created and the debates about the style and function of religious art that it generated.

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Recensione:

"An excellent general summary of current scholarshipWith its wide-ranging topics and high level of scholarship, the book should prove a useful supplement in the study of this important work of art." Choice

"an excellent review of recent scholarship for advanced students" - Martha Dunkelman

Descrizione del libro:

This book is about the creation of an acknowledged masterpiece and its mixed reception by contemporaries. The examination of the fresco will be of interest to historians, historians of religion and of art. Interest in, and understanding of, the Counter-Reformation has been growing and deepening in recent years.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521783682
• ISBN 13: 9780521783682
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 210
• Redattore: Hall Marcia B.