Michelangelo: The Vatican Frescoes Hardcover –
Michelangelo: The Vatican Frescoes Hardcover –
271pgs ,10x13” 5lbs..
The restoration of Michelangelo's magnificent frescoes in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel is perhaps the most controversial event in the art world in the past three decades. Now, after nearly fifteen years of effort, the restoration is finally complete. This unique volume-the first to document the project-is the result of an unparalleled international photographic campaign. For the first time, the restored Chapel is shown in its entirety, from the Creation to the Last Judgment.
GLORIOUS, full-color photographs-250 in all-portray the frescoes both before and after their restoration, providing an unforgettable view of the meticulous work that many believe restored the frescoes to their original High Renaissance splendor.
Originally created in the late 1400s, the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel are the BEST-KNOWN of all the Vatican masterpieces.
Written with Gianluigi Colalucci, the technical overseer of the restoration, the text provides an INTIMATE understanding of this Masterpiece of Renaissance art. It explains the various forensic studies carried out in the course of the project, the pragmatic concerns of the restoration, and the many problems of historical approach that were confronted. This volume, including REMARKABLE new pictures of the Chapel frescoes, belongs in the libraries of every art historian and student of the Italian Renaissance.
Michelangelo: The Vatican Frescoes Hardcover –
271pgs ,10x13” 5lbs..
The restoration of Michelangelo's magnificent frescoes in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel is perhaps the most controversial event in the art world in the past three decades. Now, after nearly fifteen years of effort, the restoration is finally complete. This unique volume-the first to document the project-is the result of an unparalleled international photographic campaign. For the first time, the restored Chapel is shown in its entirety, from the Creation to the Last Judgment.
GLORIOUS, full-color photographs-250 in all-portray the frescoes both before and after their restoration, providing an unforgettable view of the meticulous work that many believe restored the frescoes to their original High Renaissance splendor.
Originally created in the late 1400s, the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel are the BEST-KNOWN of all the Vatican masterpieces.
Written with Gianluigi Colalucci, the technical overseer of the restoration, the text provides an INTIMATE understanding of this Masterpiece of Renaissance art. It explains the various forensic studies carried out in the course of the project, the pragmatic concerns of the restoration, and the many problems of historical approach that were confronted. This volume, including REMARKABLE new pictures of the Chapel frescoes, belongs in the libraries of every art historian and student of the Italian Renaissance.
Michelangelo: The Vatican Frescoes Hardcover –
271pgs ,10x13” 5lbs..
The restoration of Michelangelo's magnificent frescoes in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel is perhaps the most controversial event in the art world in the past three decades. Now, after nearly fifteen years of effort, the restoration is finally complete. This unique volume-the first to document the project-is the result of an unparalleled international photographic campaign. For the first time, the restored Chapel is shown in its entirety, from the Creation to the Last Judgment.
GLORIOUS, full-color photographs-250 in all-portray the frescoes both before and after their restoration, providing an unforgettable view of the meticulous work that many believe restored the frescoes to their original High Renaissance splendor.
Originally created in the late 1400s, the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel are the BEST-KNOWN of all the Vatican masterpieces.
Written with Gianluigi Colalucci, the technical overseer of the restoration, the text provides an INTIMATE understanding of this Masterpiece of Renaissance art. It explains the various forensic studies carried out in the course of the project, the pragmatic concerns of the restoration, and the many problems of historical approach that were confronted. This volume, including REMARKABLE new pictures of the Chapel frescoes, belongs in the libraries of every art historian and student of the Italian Renaissance.
