The Sistine secrets
Michelangelo's forbidden messages in the heart of the Vatican
1st HarperCollins pbk. ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Doliner, Roy - Contributor
Publication
2009 - HarperOne, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesistinesecretsmi0000blec
- ISBN-10006146905X
- ISBN-139780061469053
- OCLC Control Number262886642
- Better World Books9780061469053
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27115226M
Classifications
- DDC759.5
Description
Five hundred years ago Michelangelo began work on a painting that became one of the most famous pieces of art in the world-the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Every year millions of people come to see the largest fresco painting on earth in the holiest of Christianity's chapels; yet there is not one single Christian image in this vast, magnificent artwork. This book tells how Michelangelo embedded messages of brotherhood, tolerance, and freethinking in his painting to encourage "fellow travelers" to challenge the repressive Roman Catholic Church of his time. Authors Blech and Doliner reveal what Michelangelo meant in the angelic representations that brilliantly mocked his papal patron, how he managed to sneak unorthodox heresies into his ostensibly pious portrayals, and how he was able to fulfill his lifelong ambition to bridge the wisdom of science with the strictures of faith.--From publisher description.
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