Complete Poetry of Michelangelo

by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Book Overview

There is no artist more celebrated than Michelangelo. Yet the magnificence of his achievements as a visual artist often overshadow his devotion to poetry. Michelangelo used poetry to express what was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821410490
• ISBN13: 9780821410493
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

"[Michelanglo's] beauty,new to me,spurs,goads me on"

I must confess that I am not a mushy person, I hate lovey dovey music. But the first time I ever read Michelangelo's poems directed towards Vittoria Colonna I knew that I was in love. The intensity and the beauty of it is so touching especially considering he was an old man when they were penned. Make it much more real, like a man who is truly pouring out his heart as opposed to someone who is just spouting words to gain the "favors" of a lady. Michelanglo is one of the few artists who have ever lived who have shown the true meaning of beauty. "My lady, these eyes see vividly-far, near-/your radiant face, wherever it is here,there."-absolutely.