The Life of Michelangelo Buonarotti

The Life Of Michelangelo Buonarotti is a comprehensive biography of the legendary Italian artist, Michelangelo, written by John Addington Symonds. The book explores Michelangelo's life, from his early years in Tuscany to his rise as one of the most celebrated artists of the Renaissance era. Symonds delves into Michelangelo's artistic genius and his contributions to the fields of sculpture, painting, and architecture. The book also examines Michelangelo's personal life, including his relationships with patrons, friends, and family members. The author provides insights into Michelangelo's creative process, his struggles with self-doubt, and his unwavering dedication to his craft. The Life Of Michelangelo Buonarotti is a fascinating and illuminating portrait of one of the most influential artists in history, and a must-read for anyone interested in the art and culture of the Renaissance.Michelangelo, instinctively and on principle, reacted against the decorative methods of the fifteenth century. If he had to paint a biblical or mythological subject, he avoided landscapes, trees, flowers, birds, beasts, and subordinate groups of figures. He eschewed the arabesques, the labyrinths of foliage and fruit enclosing pictured panels, the candelabra and gay bands of variegated patterns, which enabled a quattrocento painter, like Gozzoli or Pinturicchio, to produce brilliant and harmonious general effects at a small expenditure of intellectual energy.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.