Marcia B. Hall
Auteur de Michelangelo: the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Marcia B. Hall
Michelangelo's 'Last Judgment' (Masterpieces of Western Painting) (2004) — Directeur de publication — 20 exemplaires
The Sacred Image in the Age of Art: Titian, Tintoretto, Barocci, El Greco, Caravaggio (2011) 19 exemplaires
Raphael's 'School of Athens' (Masterpieces of Western Painting) (1997) — Directeur de publication — 14 exemplaires
Renovation and counter-reformation : Vasari and Duke Cosimo in Sta Maria Novella and Sta Croce, 1565-1577 (1979) 7 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1939-07-13
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Études
- Harvard University (Ph.D|1967)
Radcliffe College (M.A.|1962)
Wellesley College (B.A.|1960) - Professions
- Art Historian
Professor - Relations
- Hall, Charles A. M. (husband)
- Organisations
- Temple University
- Prix et distinctions
- The ACE Mercers Book Prize (2011)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Membres
- 200
- Popularité
- #110,008
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 19
- Langues
- 1
This volume is filled with photos of the restored frescoes of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. There are detailed photos as well as explanations of the processes used to paint them and the story behind them. I poured over these for several afternoons and felt as if I had really visited the Sistine Chapel, but with one great exception. In this book, the photos showed me the vibrancy of the artist's conceptions but at a much closer prospective than I would have had had I been standing in the Chapel itself. So no, I did not get to feel the power of the overall vastness of these magnificent works of art, but yes, I did get to experience their phenomenal beauty.
If you are an art lover, this book will not disappoint.… (plus d'informations)