This work is a portrait of Michelangelo.
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Paul Barolsky is Commonwealth Professor of the History of Art at the University of Virginia. His books on Renaissance art with Penn State Press include The Faun in the Garden: Michelangelo and the Poetic Origins of Italian Renaissance Art (1994), Giotto's Father and the Family of Vasari,Äôs "Lives" (1992), and Why Mona Lisa Smiles and Other Tales by Vasari (1991).
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a compelling goal without solid footholds,
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This review is from: Michelangelo's Nose: A Myth and Its Maker (Paperback)
Barolsky proposes that Michelangelo invented himself. This self-creation combines allusions to Socrates, St. Paul, Moses, God, Dante, and David. Michelangelo apparently constructed, or perhaps scuplted, the image of himself that comes down to us through Vasari and his descendents. It's an interesting and provocative thesis which undoubtedly has some merit. However, this book delves into untethered speculations - or that's my impression without doing the research myself. There's a lot of "mights" and "very well could haves" and a lot of appreciating ironies that are admitted to be unlikely, if not impossible connections. This kind of thing works with a more playful tone (a la Rem Koolhaas's "Delirious New York") but fails to convince and leaves the reader to sort the interesting trivia from the half-inspired speculations.
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