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Michelangelo and the Art of Letter Writing by Michelangelo Buonarroti and Deborah Parker (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521761409
ISBN-139780521761406
eBay Product ID (ePID)102887962
Product Key Features
Number of Pages168 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMichelangelo and the Art of Letter Writing
Publication Year2010
SubjectIndividual Artists / General, European / General, Letters, Artists, Architects, Photographers, European, Composition & Creative Writing
TypeTextbook
AuthorMichelangelo Buonarroti, Deborah Parker
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Art, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight15.5 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2010-014057
Reviews"Parker offers perceptive and intriguing analyses of the style and handwriting used in Michelangelo's letters and in some poems. Before 1500 he wrote in a hybrid script employing elements of the mercantesca traditionally used by merchants, but later switched to a more humanistic cursive hand. His handwriting is most graceful when he is writing to important people. When writing to his family he frequently uses proverbs and maxims, such as those found in Tuscan books on family guidance. . . Parker has amply shown that Michelangelo did not have a monopoly on such standard figures of speech, and his artworks are infinitely more subtle than any of his writings." -James Hall, Literary Review, 'Offers perceptive and intriguing analyses of the style and handwriting used in Michelangelo's letters, and in some of his poems … interesting and persuasive.' Literary Review
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal856/.3
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. The role of letters in biographies of Michelangelo; 2. From word to image: epistolary rhetoric and artistic form; 3. From experience to expression: representations of captivity in Michelangelo's art, poetry, and letters; 4. Michelangelo's words: saying, doing, meaning.
SynopsisMichelangelo's extant correspondence is the most abundant of any artist. Spanning 67 years, it comprises roughly 1,400 letters, 500 being written by Michelangelo himself. This is the first book to study the letters for their literary qualities and as a means of understanding the creative process of this extraordinary artist., Michelangelo's extant correspondence is the most abundant of any artist. Spanning 67 years, it comprises roughly 1,400 letters, of which 500 were written by Michelangelo himself. Biographers and art historians have combed the letters for insight into Michelangelo's views on art, his contractual obligations, and his relationships. Literary scholars have explored parallels between the letters and Michelangelo's poetry. Nevertheless, this is the first book to study the letters for their intrinsically literary qualities. In this volume, Deborah Parker examines Michelangelo's use of language as a means of understanding the creative process of this extraordinary artist. His letters often revel in witticisms, rhetorical flourishes, and linguistic ingenuity. Close study of his mastery of words and modes of self-presentation shows Michelangelo to be a consummate artist who deploys the resources of language to considerable effect.
LC Classification NumberPQ4615.B6 A83 2010
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