Michelangelo & Sebastiano / Matthias Wivel ; academic consultants, Paul Joannides and Costanza Barbieri ; with additional contributions by Timothy Verdon, Piers Baker-Bates, Silvia Danesi Squarzina, Minna Moore Ede, Jennifer Sliwka, Allison Goudie.

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Wivel, Matthias, 1975- [Browse]
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English
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  • London : National Gallery Company, 2017.
  • [New Haven, Connecticut] : Yale University Press.
  • ©2017
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271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm

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    The first publication to consider the relationship between these two major artists of the High Renaissance. Through most of Michelangelo's working life, one of his closest colleagues was the great Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (1485--1541). The two men met in Rome in 1511, shortly after Sebastiano's arrival from his native city, and while Michelangelo was based in Florence from 1516 to 1534 Sebastiano remained one of his Roman confidants, painting several works after partial designs by him. This landmark publication is about the artists' extraordinary professional alliance and the friendship that underpinned it. It situates them in the dramatic context of their time, tracing their evolving artistic relationship through more than three decades of creative dialogue. Matthias Wivel and other leading scholars investigate Michelangelo's profound influence on Sebastiano and the Venetian artist's highly original interpretation of his friend's formal and thematic concerns. The lavishly illustrated text examines their shared preoccupation with the depiction of death and resurrection, primarily in the life of Christ, through a close analysis of drawings, paintings, and sculpture. The book also brings the austerely beautiful work of Sebastiano to a new audience, offering a reappraisal of this less famous but most accomplished artist.
    Notes
    Published to accompany the Credit Suisse exhibition Michelangelo & Sebastiano held at the National Gallery in London, March 15 through June 25, 2017.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • A meeting of minds: the extraordinary artistic partnership of Michelangelo and Sebastiano / Matthias Wivel
    • Agostino Chigi: Sebastiano's first Roman patron / Costanza Barbieri
    • The infancy, passion and resurrection of Christ in Michelangelo / Timothy Verdon
    • Sacra Vigilia: an Augustinian interpretation of the Viterbo Pietà / Costanza Barbieri
    • A painting little less than eternal / Piers Baker-Bates
    • Catalogue. 1. Origins 1489-1511 ; 2. Together 1512-1524 ; 3. Apart 1525-1547 ; 4. Letters.
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    United Kingdom England London.
    Other title(s)
    Michelangelo and Sebastiano
    ISBN
    • 9781857096088 ((paperback))
    • 1857096088 ((paperback))
    • 9781857096095 ((hardback))
    • 1857096096 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2016962071
    OCLC
    959034369
    Other standard number
    • 40027027042
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