Complete poems and selected letters of Michelangelo /

Considers how the surviving letters of Michelangelo have a distinctly public character and show us the external man. Many of them are business letters and are thus in reference to his art and sculpture, creating a timeline for his work. In contrast, much of Michelangelo's poetry is more persona...

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Main Author: Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 (Author)
Other Authors: Gilbert, Creighton (Translator), Linscott, Robert N. (Robert Newton), 1886-1964 (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1980.
Edition:[Third edition.]
Series:Princeton paperbacks.
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Summary:Considers how the surviving letters of Michelangelo have a distinctly public character and show us the external man. Many of them are business letters and are thus in reference to his art and sculpture, creating a timeline for his work. In contrast, much of Michelangelo's poetry is more personal, showing his emotional attachment to his family.
Item Description:"Originally published 1963 by Random House"--Title page verso
"Translator's foreword to the Third Edition"--Contents page
Physical Description:1 online resource (xlvii, 317 pages)
ISBN:9780691221779
0691221774