Michelangelo and Titian: A Tale of Rivalry and Genius - Rilegato

Wallace, William E.

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ISBN 10: 0691266573 ISBN 13: 9780691266572

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 2026

Riassunto

From the acclaimed author of Michelangelo, God’s Architect, a dual biography of two towering artists of the Renaissance, whose decades-long rivalry spurred both to greater heights

In 1529, Michelangelo was in Venice when he first met Titian, Venice’s famed painter of princes, gods, and goddesses. Coming face-to-face with Titian’s drama-infused, richly colored works, the creator of David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling realized he had met a worthy opponent. Twenty-five years later, Titian came to Rome to paint the pope, and the two met again. Painting in the Vatican, Titian experienced the full power of Michelangelo’s work and vowed to surpass the achievements of his older contemporary.

Michelangelo and Titian is the untold story of history’s greatest artistic rivalry, a competition between two monumental figures more admiring of one another than either would ever admit. William Wallace brings the world of the sixteenth century to life, and in particular its culture of gossip and intrigue. Wallace challenges the established narrative of this relationship as mostly one-sided, with the younger artist in competition with the reigning master. He shows how the artists moved in overlapping courtly and papal circles, sharing the patronage, power, and sometimes friendship of the most important people of their era, including members of the Medici, Este, and Farnese families. Wallace traces how, over the span of some forty years, this unspoken rivalry was reciprocal and mutually beneficial, with each learning from the other’s brilliance, quietly seeking to best the other’s work and secure his own legacy.

An extraordinary achievement, Michelangelo and Titian is a richly textured account of two supremely gifted rivals who inspired each other to test the limits of their creative genius, and in doing so created some of the most soaring works of art the world has ever known.

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Informazioni sull'autore

William E. Wallace is the Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History at Washington University in St. Louis. His books include Michelangelo, God’s Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece (Princeton); Discovering Michelangelo: The Art Lover’s Guide to Understanding Michelangelo’s Masterpieces; and Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man, and His Times.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691266573
• ISBN 13: 9780691266572
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240
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