Michelangelo

by Adrian Stokes

Overview

Part of the second tranche of Routledge Classics for the autumn

This classic study of Michelangelo has been unavailable for many years

Appeals on a number of levels: as a classic psychoanalytic text; as a biography of a great artist; and as a classic of art criticism

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135070977
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/06/2012
Series:	Routledge Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Adrian Stokes (1902 - 1972). British art critic, painter and poet. Significantly influenced by the psychoanalyst Melanie Klein.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 General Introduction; Chapter 2 Synopsis of Michelangelo’s Life and Known Works (Other Than Drawings and Poems); Chapter 3 Michelangelo and His Family; Part 2 Visual Works; Chapter 4 Visual Works; Part 3 The Poems; Chapter 5 The Poems;

Editorial Reviews

'The importance of Stokes is he asserted that art is extremely important for our sanity.' - Eric Rhode on BBC 'Kaleidoscope'

'This is a book I hope to read at least once, if not twice, more. I think Adrian Stokes has made a new, deep and penetrating contribution to present-day art criticism.' - Henry Moore

'Michelangelo's artistic personality has been profoundly read. It will be difficult to be content again with any view that does not look into its depth, or with one which does not see the man's life, his visual works and his poetry together.' - Lawrence Gowing

'So tightly packed with meaning that it must be read more than once - I myself have read it three times, and with each reading have found increased understanding and pleasure' - Herbert Read

'This is a book I hope to read at least once, if not twice, more. I think Adrian Stokes has made a new, deep and penetrating contribution to present-day art criticism.' - Henry Moore

'Michelangelo's artistic personality has been profoundly read. It will be difficult to be content again with any view that does not look into its depth, or with one which does not see the man's life, his visual works and his poetry together.' - Lawrence Gowing

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