The Last Judgment [electronic resource] : Michelangelo and the death of the Renaissance / James A. Connor.

The Last Judgment [electronic resource] : Michelangelo and the death of the Renaissance / James A. Connor.

First edition.

9780230622678 (electronic bk.)
9780230605732

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

English

1 online resource (xii, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

ND623.B9 A65 2009eb

Painted on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, 28 years after Michelangelo completed the glorious and hopeful ceiling, The Last Judgment is full of stark images depicting the End of Days. James Connor uses the famous fresco as the lens by which to view the end of the Renaissance, arguing that Michelangelo's imagery and composition reflect the religious and political upheavals of the time. Combining his flair for storytelling with incisive historical analysis, Connor demonstrates how the Counter-Reformation arose from the ashes of Renaissance Italy, and how that sea change altered the course of history.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-213) and index.

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