Michelangelo The Complete Works

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Michelangelo The Complete Works. Meet the Renaissance master

Before reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475?1564) had already sculpted Piet? and David, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. As a sculptor, painter, draftsman, and architect, the achievements of this Italian master are unique?no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, multifaceted, and wide-ranging ?uvre.

This fresh TASCHEN edition traces Michelangelo?s ascent to the cultural elite of the Renaissance. Ten richly illustrated chapters cover the artist?s paintings, sculptures, and architecture, including a close analysis of the artist?s tour de force frescoes in the