Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564

Michelangelo by Michelangelo Buonarroti ( Book )
351 editions published between 1900 and 2012 in 13 languages and held by 5,661 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Text and numerous color and and black-and-white reproductions present the work of the artist, describe his career achievements, and his personal life

Michelangelo: the complete sculpture by William E Wallace ( Book )
16 editions published between 1968 and 2009 in English and Japanese and held by 1,224 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"With an engaging text by renowned Michelangelo scholar William E. Wallace, Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture brings together in one exquisite volume the powerful sculptures, the awe-inspiring paintings, and the classical architectural works of one of the greatest artists of all time. Including everything from his sculptures Piet?s and David to his beautiful paintings of the Sistine Chapel and the Doni Tondo, the book provides an opportunity to view Michelangelo?s work as never before, and to more fully understand the artist who, through his work, spoke of his life and times. The frescoes are specially printed on onion skin paper to recreate the actual appearance of light reflecting off of the plaster walls. The stunning black-and-white photography of the sculptures is printed in four colors to bring out the rich details of the marble." -- from publisher's website

Michelangelo and his drawings by Michael Hirst ( Book )
7 editions published between 1988 and 2004 in English and held by 962 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Michelangelo : the artist, the man, and his times by William E Wallace ( )
10 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and held by 811 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Overview: Michelangelo is universally recognized to be one of the greatest artists of all time. In this vividly written biography, William E. Wallace offers a substantially new view of the artist. Not only a supremely gifted sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, Michelangelo was also an aristocrat who firmly believed in the ancient and noble origins of his family. The belief in his patrician status fueled his lifelong ambition to improve his family's financial situation and to raise the social standing of artists. Michelangelo's ambitions are evident in his writing, dress, and comportment, as well as in his ability to befriend, influence, and occasionally say "no" to popes, kings, and princes. Written from the words of Michelangelo and his contemporaries, this biography not only tells his own stories but also brings to life the culture and society of Renaissance Florence and Rome. Not since Irving Stone's novel The Agony and the Ecstasy has there been such a compelling and human portrayal of this remarkable yet credible human individual

Michelangelo's last paintings : the Conversion of St. Paul and the Crucifixion of St. Peter in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace by Leo Steinberg ( Book )
7 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 779 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Three worlds of Michelangelo by James H Beck ( Book )
3 editions published between 1998 and 1999 in English and held by 767 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The personalities of artists often lie hidden behind veils of fact, myth, and hearsay. Seizing on clues found in hundreds of contemporary documents, many in the artist's own hand, a scholar-detective redefines Michelangelo from his earliest relationships to the days of his heroic labor on the Sistine Chapel. In James Beck's account, three men perceived and helped shape Michelangelo's creative powers. His stern father, Lodovico, instilled in him a rigorous work ethic. Their relationship, however, would be defined by bitterness: Lodovico longed for his son to train for a lucrative occupation, perhaps as a merchant or a lawyer, vigorously opposing Michelangelo's desire to become a painter. Even after Michelangelo achieved fame, he wrote Lodovico that "all the difficulties I have undergone, I always did for your love." At a critical juncture in Michelangelo's youth, support came from the most powerful man in Florence, the imperious ruler Lorenzo de'Medici. In his late twenties, Michelangelo began his third crucial alliance, this time with the recently elected Pope Julius II, in Rome. Three Worlds of Michelangelo offers an entirely new approach to understanding the mind, temperament, and sexuality of an unparalleled artist who, even in his own time, was called divine

The poetry of Michelangelo : an annotated translation by Michelangelo Buonarroti ( Book )
10 editions published between 1991 and 1993 in English and held by 717 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The only available bilingual edition of the more than 300 sonnetts, madrigals, and other poems produced by Michelangelo. --Yale University Press

Young Michelangelo : the path to the Sistine : [a biography] by John T Spike ( Book )
2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 710 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spike covers the full range of Michelangelo's early years and explores the overwhelming influence that his charismatic personality had upon his contemporaries and followers. He traces Michelangelo's development into a master sculptor, probes his involvement in the most troubling controversies of his age, and recreates Florence and Rome with vivid sketches

Michelangelo : volume 1, the achievement of fame, 1475-1534 by Michael Hirst ( Book )
3 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and held by 670 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Volume 1 is the first book in a two-volume history of the great artist; it covers his early life and rise to prominence in Italy. This study of Michelangelo's extraordinary career follows the artist from his apprenticeship in Ghirlandaio's workshop to his definitive move to Rome in 1534, when at the age of fifty-nine, he left behind his native Florence, never to return. During these years he created such outstanding works as the marble Pietà, the giant marble David, commissioned for the cathedral in Florence, the Sistine ceiling frescoes and the new sacristy and library for the Medici family at San Lorenzo. He also began the monumental tomb for Pope Julius II in Rome, and he became one of the most sought-after artists of all time. Written by a Michelangelo scholar, this informative account benefits from recent archival discoveries and restorations, and is enriched by material from the long-awaited editions of the artist's correspondence and artistic contracts. The wealth of new information enables fresh light to be shed on the genesis of Michelangelo's works in sculpture, painting and architecture, and on his complex psychological relations with his family, friends, and powerful patrons.--From book jacket, v.1

The sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti by Michelangelo Buonarroti ( Book )
39 editions published between 1868 and 1948 in English and Italian and held by 650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide