The Cults of Raphael and Michelangelo: Artistic Sainthood and Memorials as a Second Life

ISBN-13: 9780367254759 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 340 str.

Tamara Smithers

Opis

This study explores the phenomenon of the cults of Raphael and Michelangelo in relation to their death, burial, and posthumous fame—or second life—from their own times through the nineteenth century.

Spis treści

1. From making one’s mark to artistic apotheosis 2. Antecedents: Artist tombs before Raphael 3. Raphael as artifex divinus: Entombment and disciples 4. Michelangelo’s scrittura from beginning to end 5. Sixteenth-century self-made memorials 6. Mourning Michelangelo 7 Brotherhood and burial 8. The longue durée