Böcker av Christof Thoenes

This XL edition traces the extraordinary depth and breadth of Michelangelo's work and his ascent to the elite of the Renaissance and art history. Ten richly illustrated chapters cover the artist's paintings, sculptures, and architecture, with special focus on the tour de force frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo was a genius of unrivaled virtuosity. This dependable edition traces the extraordinary depth and breadth of his work and his ascent to the elite of the Renaissance and art history with ten richly illustrated chapters covering the artist's paintings, sculptures, and architecture with special focus on the tour de force frescoes of...

Before reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted Pietà and David, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. As a sculptor, painter, draftsman, and architect, the achievements of this Italian master are unique--no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, multifaceted, and wide-ranging oeuvre. This fresh TASCHEN edition traces Michelangelo's ascent to the cultural elite of the Renaissance. Ten richly illustrated chapters cover the artist's paintings, sculptures, and architecture, including a close analysis of the artist's tour de force frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.Full-page reproductions and enlarged details allow readers to appreciate the finest details in the artist's repertoire, while the book's biographical essay considers Michelangelo's more personal traits and circumstances, such as his solitary nature, his thirst for money and commissions, his immense wealth, and his skill as a property investor.

Before reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted Pietà and David, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. As a sculptor, painter, draftsman, and architect, the achievements of this Italian master are unique--no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, multifaceted, and wide-ranging oeuvre. This fresh TASCHEN edition traces Michelangelo's ascent to the cultural elite of the Renaissance. Ten richly illustrated chapters cover the artist's paintings, sculptures, and architecture, including a close analysis of the artist's tour de force frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Full-page reproductions and enlarged details allow readers to appreciate the finest details in the artist's repertoire, while the book's biographical essay considers Michelangelo's more personal traits and circumstances, such as his solitary nature, his thirst for money and commissions, his immense wealth, and his skill as a property investor.

Before reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted Pietà and David, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. As a sculptor, painter, draftsman, and architect, the achievements of this Italian master are unique--no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, multifaceted, and wide-ranging oeuvre. This fresh TASCHEN edition traces Michelangelo's ascent to the cultural elite of the Renaissance. Ten richly illustrated chapters cover the artist's paintings, sculptures, and architecture, including a close analysis of the artist's tour de force frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.Full-page reproductions and enlarged details allow readers to appreciate the finest details in the artist's repertoire, while the book's biographical essay considers Michelangelo's more personal traits and circumstances, such as his solitary nature, his thirst for money and commissions, his immense wealth, and his skill as a property investor.

Schon zu seinen Lebzeiten hat die Geschichte dem Maler und Architekten Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) das Du angeboten, denn sie meinte es gut mit ihm: Raffael war ein Star der Renaissance, ein begnadeter Künstler und Selbstvermarkter, Herr über eine der renommiertesten Kunstmanufakturen seiner Epoche, ein gefragter Auftragskünstler der weltlichen wie kirchlichen Machtelite, und er hat in seinem kurzen Leben ein Werk geschaffen, das für Jahrhunderte als Maß aller Dinge galt. Allein die Raffael-Rezeption der Goethezeit nebst Sekundärliteratur füllt Bibliotheken. Ohne persönliches Raffael-Erlebnis und Abarbeitung des Raffael-Kanons galt man bis weit ins 19. Jahrhundert hinein als Parvenü und kaum gesellschaftsfähig.Von 1500 bis 1508 arbeitete Raffael in ganz Mittelitalien, vor allem aber in Florenz, wo er sich einen Namen als Porträt- und Madonnenmaler machte, der die archetypische Ikone des katholischen Glaubens in einer Weise darstellte, wie sie die Welt noch nicht gesehen hatte, mit furioser Kompositionsgabe und von anrührender Intensität. Als er, gerade 25 Jahre alt, 1508 von Papst Julius II. nach Rom zitiert wurde, war er bereits ein umschwärmtes Idol. Im Dienste des päpstlichen Repräsentationswillens entstanden einige seiner berühmtesten Werke, Meisterwerke der Hochrenaissance wie etwa das Fresko Die Schule von Athen (La scuola di Atene) aus den Stanzen, aber auch die Sixtinische Madonna, von Julius II. 1512 für die Klosterkirche San Pisto in Piacenza in Auftrag gegeben, heute ein Kultbild und Publikumsmagnet in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden.Unser Band führt ein in ein Werk, das ungeachtet aller geschmacksgeschichtlichen Wendungen in den Kunstdiskursen der folgenden Jahrhunderte eine zentrale Rolle gespielt und eine Wertschätzung erfahren hat, die bis heute ungebrochen ist. Und dank zweier kleiner Engel am unteren Bildrand der Sixtina fand es sogar Eingang in die Popkultur.

Influenced by his contemporaries Michelangelo and Leonardo, Raphael Santi (1483-1520) became, in his own right, one of the most important artists of the High Renaissance. This overview traces the life's work of this Renaissance master whose influential work paved the way for the Mannerist and Baroque movements.