This is the life of one of the most revolutionary artists in history; told through the story of six of his greatest masterpieces: ldquo;The one indispensable guide for encountering Michelangelo on his home turfrdquo; (The Dallas Morning News).Michelangelo stands alone as a master of painting; sculpture; and architecture; a man who reinvented the practice of art itself. Throughout his long career he clashed with patrons by insisting that he had no master but his own demanding muse. Michelangelo was ambitious; egotistical; and difficult; but through the towering force of genius and through sheer pugnaciousness; he transformed the way we think about art. Miles Unger narrates the life of this tormented genius through six of his greatest masterpieces. Each work expanded the expressive range of the medium; from the Pietagrave; carved by a brash young man of twenty-four; to the apocalyptic Last Judgment; the work of an old man weighed down by the unimaginable suffering he had witnessed. In the gargantuan David he depicts Man in the glory of his youth; while in the tombs he carved for his Medici overlords he offers perhaps historyrsquo;s most sustained meditation on death and the afterlife of the soul. In the vast expanse of the Sistine Chapel ceiling he tells the epic story of Creation. During the final decades of his life; his hands too unsteady to wield the brush and chisel; he exercised his mind by raising the soaring vaults and dome of St. Peterrsquo;s in a final tribute to his God. ldquo;A deeply human tribute to one of the most accomplished and fascinating figures inthe history of Western culturerdquo; (The Boston Globe); Michelangelo brings to life the irascible; egotistical; and undeniably brilliant man whose artistry continues to amaze and inspire us after five hundred years.
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Review
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Interesting but missing exterior photos of some important theatres.By ReaderI was disappointed with this book because it doesnt include exterior shots of the Imperial movie theatre; the Imperial Six; the Downtown; or the Yonge (now the Elgin). There are indeed exterior shots available of these theatres (I have some myself which I obtained years ago from the City of Toronto Archives). The Imperial Six actually was interesting on the outside--too bad theres no photo of it in this book.As I said above; theres no exterior photos of either the Imperial/Imperial Six or the Yonge; but inexplicably; instead there are photos of the Elgin/Winter Garden from 2013 and the Mirvish Theatre from 2012. I can see these theatres today just by walking down Yonge St. Likewise instead of being treated to a photo of the old Downtown Theatre at Yonge/Dundas we instead get a picture of the new Cineplex at Yonge/Dundas.On the other hand; its nice seeing a photo of the old Sheas on Bay St.Details could be better researched; e.g.; page 118: "The Odeon Danforth closed in the late 1960s or early 1970s." I would have preferred that the exact year be given.
