{"product_id":"michelangelo-the-graphic-work-9783836537193","title":"Michelangelo. the Graphic Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eVery few artists can claim such lasting and worldwide fame and importance as \u003cstrong\u003eMichelangelo Buonarroti\u003c\/strong\u003e (1475-1564). The nickname\u003cem\u003e il divino\u003c\/em\u003e (\"the divine one\") has been applied to him since the 1530s right through to today: his achievements as a sculptor, painter, and architect remain unparalleled and his \u003cstrong\u003ecreations are among the best-known artworks in the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This Bibliotheca Universalis edition is \u003cstrong\u003edevoted to the artist's graphic work\u003c\/strong\u003e, a testimony to his masterly command of line, form, and detail, from architectural studies to anatomically perfect figures. The book brings together some of the artist's \u003cstrong\u003efinest drawings from museums and collections around the world \u003c\/strong\u003eas well as some of his own \u003cstrong\u003enotes and revisions\u003c\/strong\u003e, offering stunning proximity not only to the ambition and scope of Michelangelo's practice but also his working process. A chapter with a compilation of newly attributed and reattributed drawings provides further insights into Michelangelo's varied graphic oeuvre and the ongoing exploration of his genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePöpper, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thomas Pöpper wrote his doctoral thesis on 15th-century Italian Renaissance sculpture (2003). After a fellowship at the Bibliotheca Hertziana, he worked as a volunteer for the Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen. Following further appointments at universities in Hamburg und Leipzig, since 2008 he has been Professor of Art and Design History at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences of Zwickau, where he is currently Head of the Faculty of Applied Art. Pöpper has published on a variety of aspects of Italian art from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, German painting of the Early Modern era and German sculpture of the 19th and 20th century.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628863885586,"sku":"9783836537193","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e76cc641-9fb5-46f5-a5ae-12991e21653c.jpg?v=1732711196","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/michelangelo-the-graphic-work-9783836537193","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}