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The Genius of Michelangelo

The Genius of Michelangelo [videorecording] / - Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2007. - 6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 265 p. ; 19 cm.) - Great courses . - Great courses (DVD). Music & fine arts. .

36 lectures on 6 discs in 3 containers, with 30 minutes per lecture.

Who was Michelangelo? -- Aritist and aristocrat : Michelangelo's world -- An unconventional beginning -- Michelangelo's youth and early training -- Florence and Bologna in the early 1490s -- First visit to Rome and early patrons -- The Bacchus and the Piet�a -- The return to Florence and the David -- The David and St. Matthew -- For the republic : the Battle of Cascina -- The Taddei Tondo and the Pitti Tondo -- The Doni Tondo -- Rome and the tomb of Julius II -- Bologna and the return to Rome -- The Sistine Chapel -- The Sistine Chapel, part 2 -- The Sistine Chapel, part 3 -- A story of marble -- The Medici Chapel sculpture -- The Medici Chapel sculpture, part 2 -- bThe Medici Chapel sculpture, part 3 -- The Laurentian Library -- Florence, a republic under siege, 1527-34 -- Inventing a new aesthetic : the Non-finito -- Michelangelo's drawings, 1520-40 -- The Last Judgment -- The Last Judgment, part 2 -- The Pauline Chapel -- The completion of the Julius tomb; poetry -- The Capitoline Hill projects ; The Brutus -- The New St. Peter's Basilica -- Michelangelo's Roman architecture -- Michelangelo's Roman architecture, part 2 -- Piety and pity : the Florentine Piet�a -- The Rondanini Piet�a and the late poetry -- Death of Michelangelo : the master's legacy. Lecture 1. Lecture 2. Lecture 3. Lecture 4. Lecture 5. Lecture 6. Lecture 7. Lecture 8. Lecture 9. Lecture 10. Lecture 11. Lecture 12. Lecture 13. Lecture 14. Lecture 15. Lecture 16. Lecture 17. Lecture 18. Lecture 19. Lecture 20. Lecture 21. Lecture 22. Lecture 23. Lecture 24. Lecture 25. Lecture 26. Lecture 27. Lecture 28. Lecture 29. Lecture 30. Lecture 31. Lecture 32. Lecture 33. Lecture 34. Lecture 35. Lecture 36.

Lecturer: William E. Wallace, Washington University in St. Louis.

"The Piet�a, the David, the Moses and the Sistine Chapel -- Michelangelo's genius is apparent in every medium he worked. In this course, internationally recognized Michelangelo expert, author, and professor William E. Wallace provides a fresh and insightful perspective on the life and work of Michelangelo, even including the Master's poetry. The 36 lectures feature more than 900 visuals, including stunning reproductions of the his sculptures, paintings, and architecture, as well as rough sketches, preparatory drawings, and photographs of the places he lived and worked." -- Publisher's website.


DVD.

1598033360 9781598033366

7130 Teaching Company


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