Michelangelo's Il sogno as an example of an artist's visual reflection in his drawings

Author

Winner, Matthias

Document type

Livre (actes de congrès)

Language

English

Conference name

Michelangelo drawings

Source

Studies in the history of art. 1992, Vol. 33, 226-242, 12 ill. (1 col.)

ISSN

0091-7338

Abstract (en)

Identifies the drawing in the Princes Gate Collection at the Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, as the original by Michelangelo; dates it before 1537; and reexamines the iconography. Argues that the subject is the salvation of man from vice, and that the winged figure represents the soul animating the body, the inert beautiful youth who clings to the world and is haunted by sins.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Drawing
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Dream of Human Life
• University of London, Courtauld Gallery||London (GBR)
• Soul
• Iconography
• Vices
• Salvation
• Christian iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Dessin
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• Le Songe de la vie humaine
• University of London, Courtauld Gallery||London (GBR)
• Ame
• Iconographie
• Vices
• Salut
• Iconographie chrétienne

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00338678

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