Life and Early Works
Edited by William E. Wallace
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- ISBN: 978-0-8153-1823-1
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 27th July 2005
- Pages: 544
About the Book
The volume begins with overviews of Michelangelo's life and work and contains more focused essays on the artist's political thought and his chief biographers, Ascanio Condivi and Giorgio Vasari. Other articles survey Michelangelo's early career and principal works, including the Rome
Piet, the
David, the
Doni Tondo, and his commission to paint the
Battle of Cascina in competition with Leonardo da Vinci.
About the Author(s)
William E. Wallace received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York and is currently an Associate Professor of Art History at Washington University in St. Louis. A former fellow at Harvard University's Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti in Florence (1990-91), he has published extensively on Michelangelo and his contemporaries. His works include
Michelangelo at San Lorenzo: The Genius as Entrepreneur (1994).
