Michelangelo, the Medici Chapel

Author

Beck, James; Paolucci, Antonio; Santi, Bruno; Amendola, Aurelio (Photographer); Parronchi, Agnese (Contributor); Panichi, Francesco (Contributor)

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

201 ill. ; 213 p. ; 1994

ISBN

0-500-23690-9

Publisher

Thames and Hudson, London (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

Photographic illustration of details of the sculpture and decoration, together with accompanying essays on the historical background to the Chapel, originally envisaged as commemorating four members of the Medici family. The recent cleaning and restoration of the tombs is also documented.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italy
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Sculpture
• S. Lorenzo, Sagrestia nuova||Firenze (ITA)
• Sepulchral monuments
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Restoration
• Medici, Giuliano de', duca di Nemours, 1479-1516
• Medici, Lorenzo de', duca di Urbino, 1492-1519

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italie
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Sculpture
• S. Lorenzo, Sagrestia nuova||Firenze (ITA)
• Monument funéraire
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• Restauration
• Medici, Giuliano de', duca di Nemours, 1479-1516
• Medici, Lorenzo de', duca di Urbino, 1492-1519

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19960101-00283617

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