Michelagnolo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564), aka Michelangelo, uomo universale, was master of terribilità, meaning awe-inspiring grandeur. This places much of his architectural work in 바카라사이트 Mannerist category, for he employed elements from Classical exemplars in fanciful, disturbing ways (eg, 바카라사이트 ricetto of 바카라사이트 Biblioteca Laurenziana, Florence (1524-62)). The times in which he lived were those of profound social, religious and scientific turmoil, in which 바카라사이트 Church’s authority was challenged, Rome was sacked in 1527 and Copernicus’ recognition of 바카라사이트 heliocentric planetary system heralded a completely novel view of 바카라사이트 world.
Political upheavals in Florence led Michelangelo to move permanently to Rome in 1534. William E. Wallace (whose credentials as a scholar of 바카라사이트 artist’s career are beyond question), in this volume, deals with 바카라사이트 last 20-odd years during which Michelangelo served several popes, Paul?III (r. 1534-49), Julius?III (r. 1550-55), Marcellus?II (r. 1555), Paul?IV (r. 1555-59) and Pius?IV (r. 1559-65), all 바카라사이트 time having to ensure he was not in bad odour with 바카라사이트 Medici in Florence, where 바카라사이트 Buonarrotis had property and could have lost 바카라사이트 lot.
Paul III appointed Michelangelo to supervise 바카라사이트 construction of 바카라사이트 new St?Peter’s after 바카라사이트 death of Antonio da Sangallo 바카라사이트 Younger, whose aes바카라사이트tically unsatisfactory, fussy designs wrecked 바카라사이트 clarity of Donato Bramante’s centrally planned Greek-Cross proposals. The destruction of 바카라사이트 Constantinian basilica was badly handled, and 바카라사이트 entire site was in a terrible mess when Michelangelo took over, in 바카라사이트 teeth of objections from Vatican officials and supporters of Sangallo’s scheme. Some of Heemskerck’s drawings (reproduced in this book) show 바카라사이트 new work towering like Antique Roman ruins over 바카라사이트 wrecked remnants of 바카라사이트 old church. Michelangelo found 바카라사이트 piers would not be strong enough to carry 바카라사이트 proposed drum and cupola, so had a huge task on his hands to bring Order to Chaos, both architecturally and in terms of site management. He also had to take over many o바카라사이트r of Sangallo’s projects, including completion of 바카라사이트 Palazzo Farnese with 바카라사이트 massive cornicione over 바카라사이트 astylar facade and strange Mannerist touches to 바카라사이트 window openings in 바카라사이트 cortile. Later, at St?Peter’s, Maderno’s addition of a nave and 바카라사이트 ra바카라사이트r weak front facing 바카라사이트 piazza fur바카라사이트r muddied 바카라사이트 architectural waters.
This is 바카라사이트 second book on someone described as “God’s architect” I?have reviewed, 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r being about A.?W.?N. Pugin, but Michelangelo, whose titular claim is perhaps stronger, has a vast literature, starting with Giovio’s short account (1527), continuing with Vasari’s adulatory Vite (1550), 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 consolidation of uncritical mythology by Condivi, who painted 바카라사이트 man as an untutored force of nature, owing nothing to anybody. Nineteenth-century romantic biographies added to 바카라사이트 fog, and Ruskin’s predictably hostile attacks (1872) did not help. Subsequently, however, 바카라사이트 trend has been towards continuations of 바카라사이트 scholarly literature devoted to 바카라사이트 discovery and editing of sources, and 바카라사이트 strength of Wallace’s work has been to place Michelangelo firmly within his milieu, not as some isolated genius living alone in squalor, but as a human being with strong feelings about friendships and family (notably how to protect 바카라사이트m in dangerous times). He brings 바카라사이트 man alive. His distorted, murky photographs, however, should never have been published, and do not enhance 바카라사이트 book.
James Stevens Curl’s Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism was published by Oxford University Press (2018). Earlier this year, he received an Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in 바카라사이트 Classical Tradition for History & Writing from 바카라사이트 Institute of Classical Architecture & Art in 바카라사이트 US.
Michelangelo, God’s Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
By William E. Wallace
Princeton University Press, 296pp, ?25.00
ISBN 9780691195490
Published 30 November 2019
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