| Description |
271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: An Account of the Restoration / Carlo Pietrangeli -- Observations on Drawings for the Sistine Ceiling / Michael Hirst -- The Technique of the Sistine Ceiling Frescoes / Gianluigi Colalucci --The Problem of Michelangelo's Assistants / Fabrizio Mancinelli -- The Functions of Michelangelo's Color /John Shearman -- Jonah's Body Language / Matthias Winner -- The Costumes Worn by the Ancestors of Christ / Edward Maeder -- The Syntax of Form and Posture from the Ceiling to the Last Judgment / Pierluigi de Vecchi -- The Last Judgment: Notes on Its Conservation History, Technique, and Restoration / Fabrizio Mancinelli, Gianluigi Colalucci and Nazzareno Gabrielli -- New Documents on the Construction of the Sistine Chapel / Piernicola Pagliara |
| Summary |
Contains nearly three hundred photographs taken by Takashi Okamura showing the entire Ceiling, individual panels showing such scenes as the Creation of Adam and the Deluge, and details of prophets, sibyls, nudes, and other stunning figures |
| Analysis |
Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City) |
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Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564 Criticism and interpretation |
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian Conservation and restoration Vatican City |
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Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance Conservation and restoration Vatican City |
| Notes |
"A coproduction with NTV, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Tokyo"-t.p. verso |
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"Essays in this volume were presented at a conference, 'Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel', held at the Vatican 26-31 March 1990 and will appear in the forthcoming Proceedings, edited by Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt" |
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Originally published: 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-271) and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the Italian |
| Subject |
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
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Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)
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Mural painting and decoration -- Conservation and restoration -- Italy -- Rome.
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Mural painting and decoration -- 16th century.
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Conservation and restoration -- Vatican City.
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Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Italy -- Rome.
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Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Conservation and restoration -- Vatican City.
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| Author |
De Vecchi, Pierluigi.
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Murphy, Diana (Publisher)
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| LC no. |
93039787 |
| ISBN |
0810938405 |
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0810981769 |
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