Michelangelo, drawing, and the invention of architecture / Cammy Brothers.
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TextPublication details: New Haven, [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2008Description: xi, 259 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN: 9780300124897 (hbk.) :; 0300124899 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Criticism and interpretation | Architectural drawing -- Italy -- 16th centuryDDC classification: 720.9'2 Summary: By following steps by which Michelangelo arrived at his inventions, the author questions conventional notions of spotaneity as a function of genius. Rather, she explores the idea of drawing as a mode of thinking, using its evidence to reconstruct the process by which Michelangelo arrived at new ideas.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and index.
By following steps by which Michelangelo arrived at his inventions, the author questions conventional notions of spotaneity as a function of genius. Rather, she explores the idea of drawing as a mode of thinking, using its evidence to reconstruct the process by which Michelangelo arrived at new ideas.
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