Nicholas Wadley. Michelangelo } HAMLYN London New York Sydney Toronto.

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1 Nicholas Wadley Michelangelo } HAMLYN London New York Sydney Toronto.

2 Contents Colour plates 1 Madonna of the Stairs 2 Bacchus 3 The St Peter's Pieta 4 David 5 David 6 The Holy Family 7 Madonna and Child with St John 8 St Matthew 9 View of the Sistine Chapel 10 The Sistine Chapel ceiling lithe Deluge 12 The Fall of Man 13 The Creation of Man 14 The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants IS The Libyan Sibyl 16 Studies for the Libyan Sibyl 17 Jeremiah 18 Jonah 19 The head of David 20 The head of Adam 21 An Ignudo 22 The tomb of J ulius I I 23 Moses 24 Dying Slave 25 Atlas 26 Awakening Giant 27 The Medici Chapel 28 The Medici Chapel 29 The tomb of Giuliano de' Medici 30 The tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici 31 The head of Giuliano de' Medid ~ The head of Lorenzo de' Medici 33 Night 34 Evening 35 Day 36 Dawn 37 The Medici Madonna 38 The Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel 39 Christ and the Virgin 40 The Damned 41 The Blessed Souls 42 Charon's Boat 43 The Conversion of Saul 44 The Crucifixion of St Peter 45 The Piazza del Campidoglio 46 The Conservatori Palace 47 The Porta Pia 48 St Peter's 49 The Florentine Pieta SO The Palestrina Pi eta 5 1 The Rondanini Pieta 52 The Rondanini Pieta 53 The Deposition Introducti6n 7 Biographical list of works 76 Michelangelo in contemporary writings 84 Acknowledgments 94 Index 94

3 Index Acknowledgments The publishers wish to express their gratitude to all those who have' allowed items in their collections to be illustrated in this book and to those who have supplied photographs. The drawings on pages 86 and 91 are reproduced by gracious permission of Her Majesty The Queen. Source of photographs (The numbers refer to the pages on which they are reproduced) Alinari, Florence 2, 61 top; Biblioteca Apostolica Vatican a 82 ; Bildarchiv der Osterreichischen N ationalbibliothek, Vienna 17; Courtauld Institute of Art, London 32-33; Hamlyn Group Picture Library 16,22-23,24 top, 24 bottom, 26 top, 26 bottom, 28, 3 I, 34, 37, 40, 41,45,60 top, 60 bottom, 61 bottom, 64, 66, 68, 72, 73, 75, 80, 93; Mansell-Alinari 21,38, 47 left, 55, 67; Mansell-Anderson 30; Mansell-Brogi 50; Mansell Collection, London 27; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 29; Scala, Antella 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, IS, 18,20,36,42,44,46,47 right, 48,51,52,53,54,57,58 top, 58 bottom, 59 top, 59 bottom, 63, 69, 71,77,78 top, 78 bottom left, 78 bottom right, 83, 85, 87 left, 87 right. Roman (20) and italic (20) figures refer to page numbers, roman to a text reference and italic to a reference in the caption to a black and white illustration. Bold figures (20) are colour plate numbers and refer to the captions to the plates. Accademia 4,8,22-26,27-37 Ackerman, James S. 66,45 Adam (Sistine Chapel) 25, 20 Agostino di Duccio 4 Ammanati, Bartolommeo 60 Angel, An 2I Apollo (lost) 76 Bargello version 80 Apostles 18, 19,8,9-18 Appollonj, B. M. 60 'architecture, Michelangelo's attitude towards 35, 39, 49, 56, 92 Aretino, Pietro Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 50, 53 Atlas, Awakening Giant Bacchus I I, 14, 70, 2 Bandinelli, Baccio 8 Bandini -8 Bargello, Florence 2, 7 Baroque 56, 47 Battle of Anghiari, The (Leonardo da Vinci) 33 Battle of Cascina, The 19, 30, 79, 33, II Battle of the Centaurs 76 Bearded Slave 46, Beaumont, Sir George 7 Bernini, Gian Lorenzo 8, 56 Bertoldo 8, 76 Biblioteca Laurenziana, Florence 60 see also San Lorenzo, Florence, Library Boboli Gardens, Florence Bologna 11,22,76,79,22-26 Botticelli, Sandro 8, 4 Bramante, Donato 18, 19,56, ,48 Brancacci Chapel frescoes, Florence (Masaccio) I7, I2 Brunelleschi, Filippo 56, Brutus 81 Bugiardini, Giuliano 4 Buonarroti family 1 94

4 Calcagni, Tiberio 49 Capella Sforza, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome 81 'Capitani' Capitoline Hill, Rome 45 Caprese 76 Caravaggio 43 Carrara 19,76,79,8,22-26 Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome 62, 79 Castor and Pollux 45 Cavalieri, Tommaso de' 81,38-42 Cellini, Benvenuto 19, 33 Cesena, Biagio da Charles V 62, 80 Christ 68 Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and St John 90 Classicism, Michelangelo's 14,21,20 Colombo, Maestro Realdo 84 Colonna, Vittoria 62,65,81, 86,89, 9,38-42 Condivi, Ascanio 81, 22-26, contrapposto 14 Conversion of Saul, The 65,81,43 Cosimo Council of Trent 62 Counter-Reformation 62, Creation of Eve, The 25,35,9-18 Creation of Man, The 25,35,9-18, ---~,.-- 12,13,20 O'feafiOn of the Sun and Moon and of. the Plants, The 9-18 Creation of Woman, The 9-18 Crouching Boy Crucifixion carving 76, 81 Crucifixion drawings 81 Crucifixion of St Peter, The 64, 8 I, 44 Crucifixion subjects 90 Cumaean Sibyl, The 9 Cupid 76 Damned Soul, A 55 Daniel 9, 21 Dante David 14,18,21,43,74,79,4,5,19, 20 Bargello version 80 Dawn 49,36 Day 49,35 Delphic Sibyl, The 9-18 Deluge, The 25, 11 Deposition 8 I, 53 Deposition subjects 90, 49 Dialogues of Francisco d' Ollanda 86, 89, 90, 92 Diocletian, Baths of, Rome 81 Dolce, Ludovico 35 Donatello 8, 14, I Doni, Agnolo 6 Doni Tondo 18, 35, 79, 6,18 Dream (of Human Life), The 62, 74 Drunkenness of Noah, The 9-18 Dying Slave 79, Entombment 82 Erythrean Sibyl, The 9-18 Evening 49, 34 Expulsion, The 35, 9-18, 12 Ezekiel 9-18 Fall of Man, The 25, 9-18, I2 Faun 30 Ferrara 80 Ferrucci, Francesco 8 First Dialogue of Francisco d'ollanda 86, 89, 90 Flanders school of painting 89 Florence 8,11,14,18,19,51,7, 76, 79, 80, Florence Cathedral 70, 4, 8, 49 Florentine Pieta 7,81,49,51 Fontana, Domenico 48 Forum, Rome 45 Francis I 62, 74 Galli, J acopo 2 Genesis (Sistine Chapel) 25 Ghirlandaio, Domenico 8, 76, 82 Giotto 8, 76, 84, I7 Giovanni da Pistoia 88 Giuliano de' Medici 43 God Dividing the Light from the Darkness 9-18 God Dividing the Waters from the Earth 9-18 Greco, El 74 Griinewald, Matthias 74 Heemskerk, Maerten van 2 Henry VIII 74 Hercules 76, 4 High Renaissance 8, I I, 14, 18, 19, 35,20 history paintings (Sistine Chapel) 25 Holy Family, The 18, 79, 6 see also Doni Tondo humanism I I, 65 ignudi 25, 30, 35, 6, 21 Ignudo, An 20 illusionism 23, 25, 30, 18 Isaiah 9-18 Italian painting (Michelangelo's opinions) 89, 90 Jeremiah 43, 17 Joe Jonah 30,18 Julius 11 19,22,30,35,39,49,02, 79,80,81,9-18,22-26,27 statue of 79, tomb of 19, 22, 39,49, 62, 68, 79, 80, 81, 22-26,27 Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin Labacco, Antonio 86 Laocoon and His Two Sons 2 I, 8 LastJudgement, The 51, 62, 65, 68, 81, 9, 22-26, Laurentian Library see San Lorenzo, Florence, Library Laurenziana 55, see also San Lorenzo Leah 39, 49, 69, 81, 22-26, Leda and the Swan 80 Leo X Leo X Chapel, Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome 79 Leonardo da Vinci 8, 18,79,33,9,4 Libyan Sibyl, The 15, 16 Life of Michelangelo (Condivi) 81, Life of Michelangelo (Vasari) 86 Lives (Vasari) 81 Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence 4 Lorenzo 43 Louvre, Paris Maderna, Carlo 56, 48 Madonna and Child (Bruges) 79, 39 Madonna and Child (Pitti Tondo) 79, 40, 7 Madonna and Child with St John (false attribution) 82 Madonna and Child with St John (see Taddei Tondo) Madonna of the Stairs 8, I 1,76, I M annerism 35, 49, 62 Mantua, M arquis of 6 Marcus Aurelius monument, Rome 56, 43 Masaccio 8, 76, I7, 12 Medici, Giuliano de' 43, 27-37, 29, 31 Medici, Giuliano de', Duke of Nemours Medici, Giulio de', Cardinal Medici, Lorenzo de', Duke of Urbino I 1,43,27-37,30,32 Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, Florence I I, 39, 43, 49, 62, 80, 22-26, 27-37, 38-42, 47 isometric projection of 80 Medici collection I Medici Madonna 49,70,22-26, 27-37,37 95

5 Medici sculpture school 8, 76 Milan SI Montelupo, Raffaello da Montorsoli, G. A Moses 39, 69, 79,22-26 National Gallery, London 82 Neoplatonism 11,25,62,74 Nicodemtts 70, 49 Night 43,33 Noah (Sistine Chapel) 25, 30, 9-18 nude, the 14, 19,25,35 Opera del Duomo, Florence 8 Operai 4 Orveito Cathedral 65 Oxford (Ashmolean Museum) 50, 53 painting, Michelangelo's attitude towards 18, 35, 88, 89, 90 Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome 46 Palazzo del Senatore, Rome 46 Palazzo Farnese, Rome 81 'Palazzo Nuovo', Rome 45 Palazzo Rondanini, Rome SI Palazzo Vecchio, Florence 14, 18, 19,79,33,4,22-26 Palestrina Pietd 70, 8 I, 49, 50 Pantheon, Rome 43 Paul III 62, 43, 48 Paul IV 81 Pauline Chapel, Vatican 51, 65, 70, 81,43 Persian Sibyl, The 9-18 Perugino 4, Peruzzi, Baldassare 48 Petriano, Museo, Rome 48 Philosopher, A 2I Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome 51,55,56,81,82,45 Piccolomini Altar 79 pietds I I, 69, 70, 90, see also Florentine Pietd, Palestrina Pietd, Rondanini Pietd, St Peter's Pietd Pitti Tondo 79, 4 0, 7 Pius IV 47 Plato I I Pollaiuolo, Antonio 8 Pope-Hennessy, John 74, 90 Porta, Giacomo della 45, 48 Porta Pia, Rome 55, 81,47 Portrait of Michelangelo (Bugiardini) 4 Prophets (Sistine Chapel) 23, 25, 30, 35,62,9-18 Rachel39, 69, 81,22-26 Raphael Sanzio 8, 18,35,48 Rebellious Slave 79, relief in Michelangelo's work 18, 70 reliquary tribune, San Lorenzo, Florence 80 Resurrection drawings 80 Riario, Cardinal 2 rilievo schiacciato I Risen Christ 79 River Gods (Medici tombs) 43, 27-37,45 Rome 11, 19,51,55,56,62,76,79, 80,81,86,7,8 Sack of I I, 62, 80 Rondanini Pietd 70, 74, 81, 49, 50, SI Rosselino, Antonio 4 Rovere, della, family Rovezzano, Benedetto da 8 Royal Academy, London 7 Royal Academy relief see Madonna and Child with St John Rubens, Peter Paul 8, 33 Sacrifice of Noah, The 9-18 St George (Donatello) 14 StJohn 76 St Matthew 19, 25, 70, 79, 8 St Peter's, Rome 8, 19, 39, 5 I, 56, 68,81,92,86,3,22-26,48 St Peter's Pietd I I, 14, 74, 76, I, 3 St Petronius 76 St Proculus 76 Salviati, Francesco 4 Sangallo, Antonio da 45,48 Sangallo, Aristotile da 33 San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Rome 81 San Lorenzo, Florence 39, 79, 80, 22-26, 27-37, 49 Library (Laurenziana) 49, 5 I, 80 see also Medici Chapel San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome 39, 8 I, Sansovino, J acpop and Andrea 8 Santa Croce frescoes, Florence (Giotto) I7 Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome 8 I Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome 43 Santa Maria Novella, Florence 82 Santa Rosalia, Palestrina 50 Santo Spirito, Florence 4 Savonarola, Girolamo I I Schongauer, Martin 76, 82 sculpture, Michelangelo's attitude towards 35, 56, 89 Second Dialogue of Francisco d' Ollanda 90 Sibyls (Sistine Chapel) 23, 25, 30, 35,9-18 Signorelli, Luca 65 Sistine Chapel, Vatican 11, 22, 23, 25,35,62,68,79,81,88,6,9-18, 20, 21, 22-26, Slaves 62, 68, 69, 70, 80, Soderini, Piero 33 sonnets of Michelangelo I I, 62, 70, 88 Sotheby & Co., London 82 Strozzi, Maddalena 6 Strozzi, Roberto Taddei, Taddeo 7 Taddei Tondo 79, 7 Temptation, The I2 Temptation of St Anthony, The (Schongauer) 76, 82 terribilitd 74 Third Dialogue of Francisco d'ollanda 90, 92 Three Standing Figures I7 Tolnay, Charles de 33, 90, 16, Tolomei, Lactaneo 90 tomb of Julius 11 see Julius 11 tondi 18 see also Doni Tondo, Pitti Tondo, Taddei Tondo Torrigiano, Pietro 84 Tribolo, Niccolo Udine, Giovanni da Uffizi, Florence 6 Varchi, Benedetto 89, 92 Vasari, Giorgio 6,81,33,4,27-37, 38-42,49 Vatican 51, Vatican gardens 56 Venice I 1,76 Vespignani 47 Victory 79, 50, Vigenere, Blaise de 88 Villiers de la Groslaye, Jean de 3 Vitruvian proportions 49 Volterra, Daniele da SI Wilde, Johannes 53 Youthful Slave Zechariah 9-18 f /