Vasari michelangelo biography 5th

          After the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Michelangelo returned to his father's home with endless sorrow over the death of such a great man, a friend to all..

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          ARTH 213

          Spring 2014

           

          January 28: Historical, Social, Economic, and Artistic Contexts for Italian Renaissance Art: review the material included on the page entitled: Introductory Material.

          Pay special attention to the excerpts from Cennino Cennini's Craftsman's Handbook and the samples of artists' contracts.

          He sketched eight statues at Rome and five at Florence, and finished a Victory above a prisoner, now owned by Duke Cosimo, who had it from the artist's nephew.

        1. About the Author.
        2. After the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Michelangelo returned to his father's home with endless sorrow over the death of such a great man, a friend to all.
        3. During his stay in Rome he made such progress in art that his conceptions were marvellous, and he executed difficulties with the utmost ease.
        4. Vasari not only added forty-five biogra- phies to part 3 in the second edition, he expanded the sections pertaining to Michel- angelo in biographies that had.

          5. In reading these documents consider the priorities in the making of works of art and the respective roles of the artists and patrons. Also consider the page I have dedicated to the Campanile reliefs. Respond to the comparison of the Genesis scenes on the west front of the Campanile to the fifteenth French miniatures of the Temptation and Fall included on the page.

          Heads and Hands in Florentine Art. Read Paoletti and Radke, pp. 12-45.

          February 4 : we will begin our discussion of the theme "The Development of the Individual." Read the excerpts from John Martin's article to give a framework for traditional and con