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discussions of Michelangelo's architecture. It pervades most modern writings, from Wittkower's pioneering study of the Laurentian Library (1934) to Ackerman's. fundamental monograph (1961) and other more recent offerings.1 The difficulty lies in the way Michelangelo's architecture tends to be described and evaluated,
It pervades most modern writings, from Wittkower'spioneering study of the Laurentian Library(1934) to Ackerman's fundamental monograph (1961) and other more recent offerings.1 The difficulty lies in the way Michelangelo's architecture tends to be described and evaluated, which is largely in just its own terms, and according to its own supposed qualities, strengths and merits.
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Aug 14, 2024 · The Laurentian Library’s influence extends beyond its immediate context. Its bold use of classical elements in unconventional ways has inspired countless architects and artists, including Mark Rothko, whose Seagram murals were directly influenced by the library’s vestibule and staircase. The library symbolizes the Renaissance’s ...
Apr 11, 2016 · Consideration of the drawings for the Laurentian Library ricetto in conjunction with letters written to Michelangelo from his Roman agent, Giovanni Francesco Fattucci, and the papal secretary Pier Paolo Marzi, recording Pope Clement VII's responses to a number of important design ideas, allows for a reliable reconstruction of Michelangelo's penultimate scheme for the ricetto, which enables the ...
Theorizing the Laurentian Library’s vestibule ornamentation, particularly the ornamental antithesis that displaces and perplexes, as early modern architectural rhetoric, this essay examines how ...
In the Laurentian Library, the design barely contains planar surfaces; the architecture of the vestibule in particular defies the traditional conception of the wall as static. Michelangelo was working under similar constraints as he had been in the Medici Chapel, in that the footprint of the library had to conform to that of the existing convent.
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Abstract. Re-examination of a key group of Michelangelo's sketches for the Laurentian Library, located in the monastic complex of Florence's S. Lorenzo, offers a new understanding of his design ...
