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Michelangelo : the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel / commentary by Marcia Hall ; photographs by Takashi Okamura.

By: Hall, Marcia B.
Contributor(s): Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 | Okamura, Takashi, 1927-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2002Edition: English-language ed.Description: 239 p. : ill. (some col., some folded) ; 31 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0810935309.Subject(s): Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Criticism and interpretation | Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. Last Judgment | Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City) | Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Vatican City | Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Vatican CityDDC classification: 759.5 MIC
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Presenting a complete survey of the restored Sistine Chapel frescoes from Creation scenes to the Last Judgement, this volume includes photographs, previously published by Abrams in two separate volumes, showing details as well as large overall views.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-239).

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Publishers Weekly Review

Anyone who's experienced neck pain while gazing at the stunning frescoes of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel will see the value in Hall's book. The author, a specialist in Italian Renaissance art, presents revealing commentary to accompany Okamura's 157 dazzling, full-color photographs, which were taken after the frescoes' decade-long restoration in the 1980s. The book displays each fresco from the Creation scenes to the Last Judgment; some even have zoomed-in versions that show detail as fine as specks of dust on Saint John the Baptist's beard. Hall's presentation of Michelangelo's masterwork is comprehensive; in addition to explicating each component (e.g., how the fresco of Saint Catherine and Saint Blaise, which originally "invited bawdy jokes," was altered after the artist's death), she also describes the chapel's appearance before the frescoes covered the walls and ceiling, gives some background on Michelangelo's career and discusses the artist's preliminary drawings. Okamura's photos shine, showing off the frescoes' intricate details and intense colors, ranging from the azure blue surrounding trumpeting angels to the deep burgundy of the prophet Jeremiah's robes. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved