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Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture
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In this engaging and handsome book, Cammy Brothers takes an unusual approach to Michelangelo's architectural designs, arguing that they are best understood in terms of his experience as a painter and sculptor. Unlike previous studies, which have focused on the built projects and considered the drawings only insofar as they illuminate those buildings, this book analyses his designs as an independent source of insight into the mechanisms of Michelangelo's imagination. Brothers gives equal weight to the unbuilt designs, and suggests that some of Michelangelo's most radical ideas remained on paper.
Brothers explores the idea of drawing as a mode of thinking, using its evidence to reconstruct the process by which Michelangelo arrived at new ideas. By turning the flexibility and fluidity of his figurative drawing methods to the subject of architecture, Michelangelo demonstrated how it could match the expressive possibilities of painting and sculpture.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #840937 in Books
- Published on: 2008-09-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 272 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"This fascinating volume lets us watch genius creating itself."-Don Fry, Virginia Quarterly Review (Don Fry Virginia Quarterly Review 20090504)
"That Michelangelo''s architecture evolved from his sculpture is generally acknowledged. With unprecedented precision and thoroughness, Brothers, the author of this beautiful volume . . . explains exactly how. . . . A refreshing contribution to Renaissance studies, and to Michelangelo scholarship. . . . Recommended."- Choice (Choice )
About the Author
Cammy Brothers is associate professor of architecture at the University of Virginia.
Customer Reviews
MICHELANGELO, DRAWING, and the INVENTION of ARCHITECTURE
This new book by Cammy Brothers, associate professor of architectural history at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, is an original, meticulous, creative and outstanding new look at Michelangelo. The author writes about her complex research so clearly that it's fascinating for laypeople, while being informative for scholars at the same time. Already well-reviewed in England, and sold out this week at the Metropolitan Museum bookstore, it will become one of the most important new scholarly books of 2008.
