Michelangelo [Paperback]

Ludwig Goldscheider (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 1996

This work contains illustrations of all of Michelangelo's work, his paintings, sculpture and architecture, excluding his drawings. The text surveys the opinions of leading Michelangelo scholars and provides a commentary with bibliographical notes. The exhaustive selection of plates devoted to the paintings of the Sistine Chapel provides a record of their condition before the recent controversial cleaning. Ten of the plates show some of the paintings in their restored state.

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Originally printed in 1953, this edition is the title's sixth incarnation. This update now includes color photographs of the newly cleaned ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. All the original black-and-white images also have been redone for this upgrade.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Phaidon Press; 6 edition (August 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0714832960
• ISBN-13: 978-0714832968
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #592,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Photos galore!, April 18, 2001

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VickyW (Freeland, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michelangelo (Paperback)

This is an excellent resource if you are looking for a comprehensive collection of photos of Michelangelo's works. Text is minimal but concise; the main focus is on the works themselves on page after page of gorgeous black and white photos. The only real drawback is that I would have liked to have seen more color plates of his paintings; there are only a few, focusing on the Sistine Chapel paintings, with close-up details shown in black and white photos.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive, but, May 29, 2003

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Seth Y. (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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..most of the plates are in black and white and not of a very high definition. i also wished for more detail plates of the major works.
still, though, a decent value for the price.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Photography, January 13, 2007

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Charles A. Boudreaux III - See all my reviews
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This is an amazing book. The images are huge and extremly detailed. I am a novice sculptor so for me the close up shots of his work are an enormous benifit to my work.