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049			_aCARIBET
050			_aN6923.B9 _bW355 2019
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100	1		_aWallace, William E.
245	1	0	_aMichelangelo, God's architect : _bthe story of his final years and greatest masterpiece. / _cWilliam E. Wallace. _htxt
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2019.
300			_a277 p. _bill.; photo.; col. _c24 cm. _fbook
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediaded _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
501			_aInclude index (271-277 p.)
505			_aContents: Preface IX -- Introduction 1 -- Chapter 1 Moses 7 -- Chapter 2 Friends At Seventy Matter More 28 -- Chapter 3 Along Lived Pope 56 -- Chapter 4 Architect of St. Peter’s 75 -- Chapter 5 A New Pope: Julius III 112 -- Chapter 6 Rome 1555 154 -- Chapter 7 Architect of Rome 184 -- Chapter 8 God’s Architect 215 -- Epilogue 239 -- Notes 243 -- Works Cited 261 -- Index 271 -- Photo Credits 279 --
520			_aAs he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme painter and sculptor began carving his own tomb. It was at this unlikely moment that fate intervened to task Michelangelo with the most ambitious and daunting project of his long creative life. 'Michelangelo, God's Architect' is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peter's Basilica and other major buildings. When the Pope handed Michelangelo control of the St. Peter's project in 1546, it was a study in architectural mismanagement, plagued by flawed design and faulty engineering. Assessing the situation with his uncompromising eye and razor-sharp intellect, Michelangelo overcame the furious resistance of Church officials to persuade the Pope that it was time to start over. In this richly illustrated book, leading Michelangelo expert William Wallace sheds new light on this least familiar part of Michelangelo's biography, revealing a creative genius who was also a skilled engineer and enterprising businessman. The challenge of building St. Peter's deepened Michelangelo's faith, Wallace shows. Fighting the intrigues of Church politics and his own declining health, Michelangelo became convinced that he was destined to build the largest and most magnificent church ever conceived. And he was determined to live long enough that no other architect could alter his design --
650		0	_9297250 _aMichelangelo Buonarroti _y1475-1564 _yLast years
650		0	_aArtists _955068 _xBiography _zItaly
650		0	_954098 _aArchitecture, Renaissance _zItaly
650		0	_9297252 _aBasilica di San Pietro _xVatican
650		0	_962414 _aBiography _xArchitects _zItaly
651		0	_9200059 _aBasilicata (Italy)
942			_2lcc _c6 _hN6923.B9 _kGeneral _mW355 2019
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