Michelangelo.

Introduction; the sculptor; late renaissance sculpture; the oeuvre; the painter and the draftsman; late renaissance painting and drawing; the oeuvre; the architect; late renaissance architecture; the oeuvre; conclusion; biography; list of illustrations.

The name Michelangelo instantly conjures up the Sistine Chapel, Apollo, Jupiter and countless other great works. In his novel, The Italian Painting, Stendhal remarked that, "Between Greek antiquity and Michelangelo, nothing exists except more or less skilled forgeries". In Promenade in Rome, Chateaubriant expresses his admiration for the refined lines of the Pieta. A number of great writers such as Manzoni view Michelangelo as one of the indisputable Masters of the western revival in art. The work of Michelangelo has, indisputably, stood the test of time. How is it possible that in just a few.

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