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Miguel ÁngelUna vida inquieta
Indómito, avaro, frágil, obsesionado por el mundo del arte, en el que invirtió toda su exuberante energía, Miguel Ángel Buonarrotti estuvo consumido por la llama del genio en su recorrido vital por los magníficos paisajes del Renacimiento italiano. El restaurador e historiador del arte Antonio Forcellino resucita al hombre y su tiempo en esta fascinante biografía que nos sumerge en el co…
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La Capilla SixtinaRelato de una obra maestra
Historia cronológica de la creación de la Capilla Sixtina, uno de los espacios pictóricos más famosos de la historia del arte. Desde su primera impulso, con el papa Sixto IV, para responder a la puesta en cuestión de su liderazgo planteada por Mohammed II, y posteriormente con Julio II, la Capilla Sixtina muestra cómo la política se aprovecha plenamente del potencial comunicativo y propa…
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MichelangeloA Tormented Life
This major new biography recounts the extraordinary life of one of the most creative figures in Western culture, weaving together the multiple threads of Michelangelo's life and times with a brilliant analysis of his greatest works. The author retraces Michelangelo's journey from Rome to Florence, explores his changing religious views and examines the complicated politics of patronage in Renais…
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The Sistine ChapelHistory of a Masterpiece
The Sistine Chapel is one of the world's most magnificent buildings, and the frescos that decorate its ceiling and walls are a testimony to the creative genius of the Renaissance. Two generations of artists worked at the heart of Christianity, over the course of several decades in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, to produce this extraordinary achievement of Western civilization. In this…
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Gli ultimi giorni di LeonardoL'invenzione della Gioconda
La mattina del 10 ottobre 1517 il cardinale Luigi d'Aragona e il suo segretario Antonio de Beatis salirono su una collina sulle rive della Loira verso il castello di Cloux. Non andavano a rendere omaggio a un membro della famiglia reale ma a un principe dell'arte, e per di più italiano. Quando Antonio de Beatis sistemerà sul suo diario i ricordi emozionanti della giornata, con la limpida graf…
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The Lost Michelangelos
Translated by Lucinda Byatt This book tells the remarkable story of a rare discovery: the uncovering of two lost paintings by the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Like many stories of artistic loss, this one begins in a library in Italy, where Antonio Forcellino - a distinguished Michelangelo scholar and restorer - stumbled across some unpublished letters among the papers of Cardinal Er…
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LeonardoA Restless Genius
A visionary scientist, a supreme painter, a man of eccentricity and ambition: Leonardo da Vinci had many lives. Born from a fleeting affair between a country girl and a young notary, Leonardo was never legitimized by his father and received no formal education. While this freedom from the routine of rigid and codified learning may have served to stimulate his natural creativity, it also caused …
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