The Sistine Chapel: A New Vision
by Heinrich W. Pfeiffer
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Author: Heinrich W. PfeifferTranslator: Steven Lindberg
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-18
ISBN: 0789209349
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Book Reviews of The Sistine Chapel: A New Vision
Book Review: Spectacularly Faithful
Summary: 5 Stars
Having recently visited the Sistine Chapel my initial reaction to this beautiful publication is how spectacularly faithful the illustrations are! It was delivered to me today and I am enthralled by the beauty and fidelity of this wonderful book.
As to Father Pfeiffer's learned, detailed and exquisite study of this amazing work already it opens new insights, brings one deeper into the theology of this masterwork in a deeply intellectual but yet highly understandable way.
There are years of enjoyment, of learnining of glorification in this fabulous book!!
Summary of The Sistine Chapel: A New Vision
The frescoes of the Sistine Chapel are often viewed as a striking study in the contrast between the middle and High Renaissance styles. On the one hand, the scenes painted on the chapel walls by Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Perugino, Rosselli and Signorelli which depict parallel events in the lives of Moses and Jesus, exemplify the narrative art developed in Florence in which multiple incidents and numerous draped figures are depicted in a single view. On the other hand, Michelangelo's scenes from Genesis on the chapel's ceiling epitomize art of the High Renaissance with it's emphasis on compositional clarity and the human form. His immense Last Judgement on the chapel's altar wall even anticipates Mannerism, which pushed the expressive power of the nude to it's limit.Art History Books
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