Michelangelo & Sebastiano /
Michelangelo & Sebastiano /
Michelangelo and Sebastiano
Matthias Wivel ; academic consultants, Paul Joannides and Constanza Barbieri ; with additional contributions by Timothy Verdon, Piers Baker-Bates, Silvia Danesi Squarzina, Minna Moore Ede, Jennifer Sliwka, Allison Goudie.
- 271 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm
Published to accompany the exhibition Michelangelo & Sebastiano, held at the National Gallery, London, March 15-June 25, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-265) and index.
A meeting of minds: the extraordinary artistic partnership of Michelangelo and Sebastiano / Agostino Chigi: Sebastiano's first Roman patron / The infancy, passion and resurrection of Christ in Michelangelo / Sacra Vigilia: an Augustinian interpretation of the Viterbo Pietà / A painting little less than eternal / Catalogue. Matthias Wivel -- Costanza Barbieri -- Timothy Verdon -- Costanza Barbieri -- Piers Baker-Bates --
The first publication to consider the relationship between these two major artists of the High Renaissance. Through most of Michelangelo's working life, one of his closest colleagues was the great Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (1485--1541). The two men met in Rome in 1511, shortly after Sebastiano's arrival from his native city, and while Michelangelo was based in Florence from 1516 to 1534 Sebastiano remained one of his Roman confidants, painting several works after partial designs by him. This landmark publication is about the artists' extraordinary professional alliance and the friendship that underpinned it. It situates them in the dramatic context of their time, tracing their evolving artistic relationship through more than three decades of creative dialogue. Matthias Wivel and other leading scholars investigate Michelangelo's profound influence on Sebastiano and the Venetian artist's highly original interpretation of his friend's formal and thematic concerns. The lavishly illustrated text examines their shared preoccupation with the depiction of death and resurrection, primarily in the life of Christ, through a close analysis of drawings, paintings, and sculpture. The book also brings the austerely beautiful work of Sebastiano to a new audience, offering a reappraisal of this less famous but most accomplished artist.
9781857096095 (hardback) 1857096096 (hardback) 9781857096088 (paperback) 1857096088 (paperback)
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 --Exhibitions.
Sebastiano, del Piombo, 1485-1547 --Exhibitions.
Artistic collaboration--History--Italy--16th century--Exhibitions.
Art, Renaissance--Italy--Exhibitions.
Published to accompany the exhibition Michelangelo & Sebastiano, held at the National Gallery, London, March 15-June 25, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-265) and index.
A meeting of minds: the extraordinary artistic partnership of Michelangelo and Sebastiano / Agostino Chigi: Sebastiano's first Roman patron / The infancy, passion and resurrection of Christ in Michelangelo / Sacra Vigilia: an Augustinian interpretation of the Viterbo Pietà / A painting little less than eternal / Catalogue. Matthias Wivel -- Costanza Barbieri -- Timothy Verdon -- Costanza Barbieri -- Piers Baker-Bates --
The first publication to consider the relationship between these two major artists of the High Renaissance. Through most of Michelangelo's working life, one of his closest colleagues was the great Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (1485--1541). The two men met in Rome in 1511, shortly after Sebastiano's arrival from his native city, and while Michelangelo was based in Florence from 1516 to 1534 Sebastiano remained one of his Roman confidants, painting several works after partial designs by him. This landmark publication is about the artists' extraordinary professional alliance and the friendship that underpinned it. It situates them in the dramatic context of their time, tracing their evolving artistic relationship through more than three decades of creative dialogue. Matthias Wivel and other leading scholars investigate Michelangelo's profound influence on Sebastiano and the Venetian artist's highly original interpretation of his friend's formal and thematic concerns. The lavishly illustrated text examines their shared preoccupation with the depiction of death and resurrection, primarily in the life of Christ, through a close analysis of drawings, paintings, and sculpture. The book also brings the austerely beautiful work of Sebastiano to a new audience, offering a reappraisal of this less famous but most accomplished artist.
9781857096095 (hardback) 1857096096 (hardback) 9781857096088 (paperback) 1857096088 (paperback)
GBB758652 bnb
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 --Exhibitions.
Sebastiano, del Piombo, 1485-1547 --Exhibitions.
Artistic collaboration--History--Italy--16th century--Exhibitions.
Art, Renaissance--Italy--Exhibitions.