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The Complete Poems of Michelangelo
Michelangelo (Translated With An Introduction And Notes By Anthony Mortimer)
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Paperback. Often overshadowed by the magnificence of his achievements as a visual artist is Michelangelo's devotion to poetry. Here is a collection of his poetic works translated to capture all the pathos, complexity, and ardor of both his language and his poetic temperament. Translator(s): Nims, John Frederick. Num Pages: 198 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 292.
Michelangelo studied and wrote poetry throughout his life, and his finest literary efforts are allied with the masterwoks of his visual art, and this translation captures the pathos, complexity, and ardor of both Michelangelo's language and his poetic temperament. The text gives a glimpse into one of the most fascinating minds in the history of art, as Michelangelo laboured in the Sistine Chapel he composed a series of passionate love sonnets and while struggling, near the end of his life, to complete his final "Pieta" he worked at religious poems anguished in their fervour.
Michelangelo studied and wrote poetry throughout his life, and his finest literary efforts are allied with the masterwoks of his visual art, and this translation captures the pathos, complexity, and ardor of both Michelangelo's language and his poetic temperament. The text gives a glimpse into one of the most fascinating minds in the history of art, as Michelangelo laboured in the Sistine Chapel he composed a series of passionate love sonnets and while struggling, near the end of his life, to complete his final "Pieta" he worked at religious poems anguished in their fervour.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226080307
SKU
V9780226080307
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