In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The thirty-three-year-old Michelangelo had very little experience of the physically and technically taxing art of fresco; and, at twelve thousand square feet, the ceiling represented one of the largest such projects ever attempted. Nevertheless, for the next four years he and a handpic...(展开全部)

In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel. With little experience as a painter (though famed for his sculpture David ), Michelangelo was reluctant to begin the massive project. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling recounts the four extraordinary years Miche...(展开全部)

Michelangelo was acutely conscious of living in an age of religious crisis and artistic change, and for him the two issues were related. Michelangelo and the Reform of Art explores Michelangelo's awareness of artistic tradition as a means of understanding his relation, as a devoutly Christian artist, to the profound religious uncertainty of the sixteenth century. Concentrating ...(展开全部)

Michelangelo, like Leonardo, was a man of many talents; sculptor, architect, painter and poet, he made the apotheosis of muscular movement, which to him was the physical manifestation of passion. He m

A rebellious youth who chose a career as an artist against his father's wishes, Michelangelo (1475-1564) went on to be recognized as one of the outstanding talents of his age. Such was the degree of fame and wealth that he acquired that he became a legend within his own lifetime. In the centuries since his death his work has been almost universally admired, and he has been cast...(展开全部)

埃蒙·达菲(Eamon Duffy)，英国著名历史学家和学者，出生于爱尔兰，当代英国教会史研究领域中最杰出的两位专家之一。1947年2月9日出生于爱尔兰邓多克，曾就读于圣菲利普中学，后进入剑桥大学学习，师从欧文·查德威克(Owen Chadwick)和戈登·鲁普(Gordon Rupp)完成博士学位教育。现为剑桥大学天主教历史教授，抹大拉学院前院长，还兼任罗马教皇历史委员会委员。其主要研究领域是15-17世纪英国宗教史。曾出版《人文主义，改革和宗教改革：主教约翰·费舍尔的主教生涯》《祭坛的剥离：英国的宗教传统》《信仰之火：玛丽·都铎时期的天主教英格兰》《莫勒巴斯之声：英国乡村的变革与抗争》。 龙秀清，中山大学历史系教授，历史学博士，博士生导师。主要研究欧洲中世纪史、基督教史。著有《西欧社会转型中的教廷财政》，《英国庄园生活》(合译，上海人民出版社20...(展开全部)

Fictional depiction of Michelangelo. Includes bibliography, glossary and a list of the artist's works.

彼得·希瑟（Peter Heather），伦敦国王学院中世纪史教授，曾执教于伦敦大学学院、耶鲁大学、牛津大学。他研究古典时代晚期、中世纪早期欧洲史30余年，尤其关注被罗马人视为蛮族的群体，从这类群体的迁徙、帝国边缘与核心地带的互动出发，提出了诸多学术创见。除“罗马史诗三部曲”外，希瑟还著有《罗马复兴：查士丁尼时代的战争与帝国》《从迁徙时期到7世纪的西哥特人：民族志视角》《4世纪的政治、哲学与帝国》《哥特人》等书。他的作品被翻译为西班牙语、德语、波兰语、意大利语、中文等多种文字，具有国际影响力。 希瑟擅长在学术界与大众、历史与当下间建立联系，这方面尤为突出的代表作是“罗马史诗三部曲”（《罗马帝国的陨落：一部新的历史》《罗马的复辟：帝国陨落之后的欧洲》《帝国与蛮族：罗马的陨落与欧洲的创生》）。三部著作融分析于叙事，多角度呈现从古代晚期到中世纪早期的千年欧...(展开全部)