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The Resource Michelangelo's sculpture : selected essays, Leo Steinberg ; edited by Sheila Schwartz

Michelangelo's sculpture : selected essays, Leo Steinberg ; edited by Sheila Schwartz

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Leo Steinberg was one of the most original and daring art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretative risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures that ranged from old masters to contemporary art, he combined scholarly erudition with an eloquent prose that illuminated his subject and a credo that privileged the visual evidence of the image over the literature written about it. His works, sometimes provocative and controversial, remain vital and influential reading. For half a century, Steinberg delved into Michelangelo's work, revealing the symbolic structures underlying the artist's highly charged idiom. This volume of essays and unpublished lectures explicates many of Michelangelo's most celebrated sculptures, applying principles gleaned from long, hard looking
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xiv, 226 pages
Contents
  • Shrinking Michelangelo
  • Michelangelo and the doctors
  • What would you ask Michelangelo?
  • Introduction
  • Richard Neer
  • The metaphors of love and birth in Michelangelo's Pietàs
  • The Roman Pietà: Michelangelo at twenty-three
  • Michelangelo's Medici Madonna and related works
  • Body and symbol in the Medici Madonna
  • Michelangelo's Florentine Pietà: the missing leg twenty years after
  • The Michelangelo next door
Isbn
9780226482576
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Michelangelo's sculpture : selected essays
Title
Michelangelo's sculpture
Title remainder
selected essays
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Leo Steinberg ; edited by Sheila Schwartz
Creator
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Author
Editor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Leo Steinberg was one of the most original and daring art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretative risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning orthodoxies. In essays and lectures that ranged from old masters to contemporary art, he combined scholarly erudition with an eloquent prose that illuminated his subject and a credo that privileged the visual evidence of the image over the literature written about it. His works, sometimes provocative and controversial, remain vital and influential reading. For half a century, Steinberg delved into Michelangelo's work, revealing the symbolic structures underlying the artist's highly charged idiom. This volume of essays and unpublished lectures explicates many of Michelangelo's most celebrated sculptures, applying principles gleaned from long, hard looking
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1920-2011
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Steinberg, Leo
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709.2
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illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
NB623.B9
LC item number
S74 2018
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non fiction
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bibliography
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Schwartz, Sheila
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Essays by Leo Steinberg
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  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
  • Sculpture, Renaissance
  • Sculpture
  • Sculpture
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti
  • Sculpture
  • Sculpture, Renaissance
  • Italy
  • ART / Sculpture
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Michelangelo's sculpture : selected essays, Leo Steinberg ; edited by Sheila Schwartz
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
  • Shrinking Michelangelo
  • Michelangelo and the doctors
  • What would you ask Michelangelo?
  • Introduction
  • Richard Neer
  • The metaphors of love and birth in Michelangelo's Pietàs
  • The Roman Pietà: Michelangelo at twenty-three
  • Michelangelo's Medici Madonna and related works
  • Body and symbol in the Medici Madonna
  • Michelangelo's Florentine Pietà: the missing leg twenty years after
  • The Michelangelo next door
Control code
MSTDDAPRINT1002692772
Dimensions
29 cm.
Extent
xiv, 226 pages
Isbn
9780226482576
Lccn
2017039555
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
Michelangelo's sculpture : selected essays, Leo Steinberg ; edited by Sheila Schwartz
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Shrinking Michelangelo
  • Michelangelo and the doctors
  • What would you ask Michelangelo?
  • Introduction
  • Richard Neer
  • The metaphors of love and birth in Michelangelo's Pietàs
  • The Roman Pietà: Michelangelo at twenty-three
  • Michelangelo's Medici Madonna and related works
  • Body and symbol in the Medici Madonna
  • Michelangelo's Florentine Pietà: the missing leg twenty years after
  • The Michelangelo next door
Control code
MSTDDAPRINT1002692772
Dimensions
29 cm.
Extent
xiv, 226 pages
Isbn
9780226482576
Lccn
2017039555
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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