Author: Howard Hibbard. Introduction by Michael Levey

Publisher: The Folio Society

Description: Hardcover with pictorial boards and slip case.. 278 pages. 12 x 9.

Date: 2007

Condition: Brand new. Was in shrink wrap until I had to remove it to get the listing information. Never been read.

Dust Jacket: None as published.

Contents: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 - 18 February 1564), known simply as Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. His artistic versatility was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci. Several scholars have described Michelangelo as the greatest artist of his age and even as the greatest artist of all time.

A number of Michelangelo's works of painting, sculpture, and architecture rank among the most famous in existence. His output in these fields was prodigious; given the sheer volume of surviving correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences, he is the best-documented artist of the 16th century. He sculpted two of his best-known works, the Pietà and David, before the age of thirty. Despite holding a low opinion of painting, he also created two of the most influential frescoes in the history of Western art: the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and The Last Judgment on its altar wall.

This book is a comprehensive look at the life and works of Michelangelo from his early years in Florence and Bologna through his Roman period and death (1534-1564).

A note on condition. This book is brand new. It was in shrink wrap which I had to remove to find the listing information but it has never been read.