Poems and Letters
Selections, with the 1550 Vasari Life
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Continental European, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Poetry
| Author: | Michelangelo | ISBN: | 9780141966755 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | May 31, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michelangelo |
| ISBN: | 9780141966755 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | May 31, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic Renaissance creator was also a prolific and gifted poet. The verses collected here are primarily devoted to love and religion. Intense and passionate, the love poems focus on two figures: Tommaso de Cavalieri and Vittoria Colonna; with the sonnets and madrigals dedicated to de Cavalieri revealing a highly charged, homoerotic fervour - previously obscured in the original versions. Michelangelo's later religious poetry moves away from his earlier wordly concerns, while his letters provide a fasicnating insight into his fanily relations and day-to-day life as a working artist. The result is a revealing picture of one of the towering figures of the Renaissance.
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic Renaissance creator was also a prolific and gifted poet. The verses collected here are primarily devoted to love and religion. Intense and passionate, the love poems focus on two figures: Tommaso de Cavalieri and Vittoria Colonna; with the sonnets and madrigals dedicated to de Cavalieri revealing a highly charged, homoerotic fervour - previously obscured in the original versions. Michelangelo's later religious poetry moves away from his earlier wordly concerns, while his letters provide a fasicnating insight into his fanily relations and day-to-day life as a working artist. The result is a revealing picture of one of the towering figures of the Renaissance.
