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Era of Michaelangelo.
Masterpieces from the Albertina

By Achim Gnann
November 2006
Electa
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
9788837027551
246 Pages, Illustrated. 10 x 11"
$97.50 Paper

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This publication presents some of the most important Sixteenth Century Italian drawings and prints in the collections of the Albertina, Vienna. Michelangelo revolutionised the artistic conception of the human figure in Florence with the Battle of Cascina and in Rome with the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. This revolution is the main theme of the exhibition beginning with a youthful study by Michelangelo after a fresco by Masaccio.

This catalogue tells the story of how this High Renaissance style spread through Italy, above all thanks to the pupils (Giulo Romano, Polidoro Da Caravaggio) and, by developing its expressive, graceful and artificial elements, how it transformed into Italian Mannerism (Parmigianino, Bandinelli, Beccafumi, Vasari).

This courtly and decorative style was imported to France by Francis I and Henry II, who hired Rosso Fiorentino, Primaticcio and Niccolò dell’Abbate to work  the Château de Fontainebleau. This is the time and place when the art of drawing—whether as preparatory studies for paintings or as finished works—rose to its highest level of achievement in the history art.


Exhibition schedules
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, New York, 28th February – 16th May
Albertina, Vienna-Austria 15th July – 10th October
Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain November 2004 – March 2005

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