Michelangelo Selected Scholarship In English Life And Early Works

Download or read book Michelangelo, Selected Scholarship in English: Life and early works written by William E. Wallace and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1995 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume begins with overviews of Michelangelo's life and work and contains more focused essays on the artist's political thought and his chief biographers, Ascanio Condivi and Giorgio Vasari. Other articles survey Michelangelo's early career and principal works, including the Rome "Piet," the "David, " the "Doni Tondo," and his commission to paint the "Battle of Cascina" in competition with Leonardo da Vinci.