Poems and Letters

Selections, with the 1550 Vasari Life

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Continental European, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Poetry
Cover of the book Poems and Letters by Michelangelo, Penguin Books Ltd
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Author: Michelangelo ISBN: 9780141966755
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: May 31, 2007
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: Michelangelo
ISBN: 9780141966755
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: May 31, 2007
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic Renaissance creator was also a prolific and gifted poet. The verses collected here are primarily devoted to love and religion. Intense and passionate, the love poems focus on two figures: Tommaso de Cavalieri and Vittoria Colonna; with the sonnets and madrigals dedicated to de Cavalieri revealing a highly charged, homoerotic fervour - previously obscured in the original versions. Michelangelo's later religious poetry moves away from his earlier wordly concerns, while his letters provide a fasicnating insight into his fanily relations and day-to-day life as a working artist. The result is a revealing picture of one of the towering figures of the Renaissance.

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Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic Renaissance creator was also a prolific and gifted poet. The verses collected here are primarily devoted to love and religion. Intense and passionate, the love poems focus on two figures: Tommaso de Cavalieri and Vittoria Colonna; with the sonnets and madrigals dedicated to de Cavalieri revealing a highly charged, homoerotic fervour - previously obscured in the original versions. Michelangelo's later religious poetry moves away from his earlier wordly concerns, while his letters provide a fasicnating insight into his fanily relations and day-to-day life as a working artist. The result is a revealing picture of one of the towering figures of the Renaissance.

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