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The Life of Michelangelo


  • Pallas Athene
  • by By Ascanio Condivi, Charles Robertson
Condivi’s unparalleled biography presents his friend Michelangelo’s life, work and struggles in the world of Papal politics and Italian wars. Condivi's Life is an impassioned, intimate portrait, giving an unparalleled picture of the master's life, work and personality. This compelling narrative of genius and its struggles in the treacherous world of Papal politics and Italian wars remains one of the most fascinating and influential texts in art history.

ISBN 9781843682615 | EN | PB
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Publisher Pallas Athene
ISBN 9781843682615
Author(s) By Ascanio Condivi, Charles Robertson
Publication date November 2024
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 145 x 115 mm
Illustrations 49 col.ill.
Pages 240
Language(s) English ed.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) remains arguably the most powerful artist in the Western canon. Painter, sculptor, architect, poet, he redefined both the possibilities of the imagination and the image of the artist. In 1550, he became the first artist to be the subject of a biography within their own lifetime, presented by Giorgio Vasari as the divinely inspired culmination of the history of art. Dissatisfied with Vasari's treatment, Michelangelo encouraged his close friend and fellow-painter Ascanio Condivi to publish a rival biography.

Condivi's Life is an impassioned, intimate portrait, giving an unparalleled picture of the master's life, work and personality. This compelling narrative of genius and its struggles in the treacherous world of Papal politics and Italian wars remains one of the most fascinating and influential texts in art history. This edition reproduces the long unavailable translation by Charles Holroyd and has 49 pages of illustrations covering the span of Michelangelo's achievement.