Vasari michelangelo biography

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About a year before his death, Vasari, seeing that Michelangelo was much shaken, prevailed upon the Pope to give orders concerning the care of him, and.

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Giorgio Vasari & Court Culture in Late Renaissance Italy

Vasari and Michelangelo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 – JANUARY 27, 2013 / GALLERY 318

Although the poet Ludovico Ariosto was the first to call Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), the famous Florentine sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, “divine” in hisOrlando Furioso of 1516, it was Vasari who published Michelangelo’s first biography—the first of any living artist—in the 1550 edition of the Lives of the Artists. When Vasari sent Michelangelo a copy of the Lives, the older artist responded by composing a poem that praised Vasari’s text for giving new life to dead artists and allowing them to live eternally.

The second edition of the Lives postdates Michelangelo’s death by four years. In it, Vasari expanded his previous vita of Michelangelo to include works produced after 1550. He also misleadingly claimed to have studied under Michelangelo and included a description of the decorative scheme that he, Vincenzo Borghini, and members of Florence’s Academy of Design devi

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Life of Michelangelo

Michelangelo is the greatest example of the artist totally dedicated to his calling, who reached the heights of excellence in sculpture, painting, architecture, and poetry. Above all, he was a devout Catholic who put his talents in the service of the Church and left the world an immortal legacy. Here is the full story of Michelangelo's life and works, set among the wars and intrigues of Renaissance Italy: the sculpting of the David, the Pieta, and the Moses; the painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the Last Judgment; the building of St. Peter's--and much more. A whole era comes vividly to life in these pages: Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Lorenzo the Magnificent; Julius II, the warrior Pope who wanted to be shown with a sword in his hand rather than a book; Paul III, who wanted Michelangelo's services for thirty years and would let nothing stop him; Cosimo de' Medici, the Grand Duke of Florence, and many more. There are many modern biographies of Michelangelo, but all of them use this Life as a major source. And no wonder: Giorgio Vasari, t

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Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

June 19, 2024

"Das Leben des Michelangelo", oder: Die Vergöttlichung eines Künstlers.

Vasaris Lebensbeschreibung des Michelagnolo Buonarroti stellt den Kulminationspunkt des Gesamten Vitenwerkes dar. Jegliche künstlerische Entwicklung mündet - nicht ohne Widerspruch- seinem teleologischen Geschichtsverständnis nach in dem Erlöser der Kunst aus ihrem miserablen Zustand vergeblicher Mühen, Michelangelo.
Schon der Geburt Michelangelos verleiht Vasari ein theologisches Moment: um der Welt, die sich vergebens um eine Wiedergeburt der vollendeten Kunst der Antiken nach dem Verfall der Kunst im Mittelalter bemüht, einen Heiland zu senden, schenkt der himmlische Statthalter Gottvater an einem Sonntag, an dem die Sterne gut standen, den göttlichen Michelangelo, seinen Erzengel (nomen est omen). Michelangelo, der im Verlauf seines Lebens unter schweren körperlichen Leiden arbeitete, vollzieht seine ganz eigene Passionsgeschichte.
Über die Kunst selbst zu schreiben, ist kein Platz, allein soll bemerkt werden, dass sie immerzu "göttlich" ist, allenthalben Stau