Michelangelo Poems and Letters: Selections, with 1550 Vasari Life
A new translation of poetry and letters from one of the most influential artists in history\ The iconic Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti was also a prolific and gifted poet. This groundbreaking collection presents verses, intense and passionate, that capture Michelangelo's eroticism and spirituality, alongside letters that provide fascinating insight into his family relations and day-to-day life as a working artist. The result is a revealing portrait of a towering...
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A new translation of poetry and letters from one of the most influential artists in history The iconic Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti was also a prolific and gifted poet. This groundbreaking collection presents verses, intense and passionate, that capture Michelangelo's eroticism and spirituality, alongside letters that provide fascinating insight into his family relations and day-to-day life as a working artist. The result is a revealing portrait of a towering figure of the Renaissance.
Acknowledgements viiChronology viiiIntroduction xiiiFurther Reading xxxviiA Note on the Texts xiPoems 1Letters 73Giorgio Vasari 'Life of Michelangelo' (1550) 149The Buonarroti Family 186The Popes, the della Rovere and the Medici 187Notes 189Index of First Lines 234
