The Sistine secrets : Michelangelo's forbidden messages in the heart of the Vatican
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Published
New York : HarperOne, c2008.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
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Published
New York : HarperOne, c2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 320 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-312) and index.
Description
Five hundred years ago Michelangelo began work on a painting that became one of the most famous pieces of art in the world-the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Every year millions of people come to see the largest fresco painting on earth in the holiest of Christianity's chapels; yet there is not one single Christian image in this vast, magnificent artwork. This book tells how Michelangelo embedded messages of brotherhood, tolerance, and freethinking in his painting to encourage "fellow travelers" to challenge the repressive Roman Catholic Church of his time. Authors Blech and Doliner reveal what Michelangelo meant in the angelic representations that brilliantly mocked his papal patron, how he managed to sneak unorthodox heresies into his ostensibly pious portrayals, and how he was able to fulfill his lifelong ambition to bridge the wisdom of science with the strictures of faith.--From publisher description.