Michelangelo and the Viewer in His Time: (Renaissance Lives)
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Bernadine Barnes (Author)
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Today Michelangelo's painting and sculpture is seen most often in museums, while his archi-tectural designs have been left incomplete or modified by others so that some are barely recognizable. But his art was made to be viewed in churches, homes and political settings, by people who brought their own needs and expectations to his work. Paintings and sculptures were rarely seen in isolation; instead they were seen as part of rituals and ceremonies. Viewers of Michelangelo's time would experience the work under specific lighting conditions and from particular positions. They would move through spaces and past sculpture, and they might make comparisons to other objects nearby. In this engaging book, Bernadine Barnes brings together new research to show how Michelangelo's art was seen in its own time. The original setting is reconstructed for works that have been moved, modified or left incomplete. Michelangelo's consideration of his audience changed throughout his career: sometimes he produced work for conventional religious settings, and at other times he was given unprecedented freedom by open-minded patrons.This book brings the viewer back into the development of Michelangelo's work, and gives emphasis to the differences between viewers in specific settings.
Michelangelo lived in a time when the development of prints and published art criticism changed the nature of the viewing public in ways that foreshadow our own media culture. This book encourages today's viewers to take a fresh look at Michelangelo's work. 60 illustrations, 40 in colour
About the Author
Bernadine Barnes is Professor of Renaissance Art History at Wake Forest University, North Carolina. Her previous publications include Michelangelo's Last Judgment: The Renaissance Response (1998) and Michelangelo in Print (2010).
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- Contributor: Bernadine Barnes
- Imprint: Reaktion Books
- ISBN13: 9781780237404
- Number of Pages: 272
- Packaged Dimensions: 138x216mm
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Release Date: 2017-04-01
- Series: Renaissance Lives
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Bernadine Barnes is Professor of Renaissance Art History at Wake Forest University, North Carolina. Her previous publications include Michelangelo's Last Judgment: The Renaissance Response (1998) and Michelangelo in Print (2010).
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