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Title The genius of Michelangelo / William E. Wallace.

Publication Info. Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2007]
©2007

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  LECTURE SERIES 759.5 WAL  DVDS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  LECTURE SERIES 759.5 WAL  BOOK    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  DVD 759.5 MICHELANGELO DISC 1-6    DUE 03-28-24
Description 6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 260 pages ; 19 cm).
text file PDF 864 KB rda
Series Great courses
Great courses (DVD). Music & fine arts.
System Details DVD.
Note 36 lectures on 6 discs in 3 containers, with 30 minutes per lecture.
Performer Lecturer: William E. Wallace, Washington University in St. Louis.
Summary "The Pietà, the David, the Moses and the Sistine Chapel -- Michelangelo's genius is apparent in every medium he worked. In this course, internationally recognized Michelangelo expert, author, and professor William E. Wallace provides a fresh and insightful perspective on the life and work of Michelangelo, even including the Master's poetry. The 36 lectures feature more than 900 visuals, including stunning reproductions of the his sculptures, paintings, and architecture, as well as rough sketches, preparatory drawings, and photographs of the places he lived and worked"--Publisher's website.
Contents Lecture 1. Who was Michelangelo? -- Lecture 2. Aritist and aristocrat : Michelangelo's world -- Lecture 3. An unconventional beginning -- Lecture 4. Michelangelo's youth and early training -- Lecture 5. Florence and Bologna in the early 1490s -- Lecture 6. First visit to Rome and early patrons -- Lecture 7. The Bacchus and the Pietà -- Lecture 8. The return to Florence and the David -- Lecture 9. The David and St. Matthew -- Lecture 10. For the republic : the Battle of Cascina -- Lecture 11. The Taddei Tondo and the Pitti Tondo -- Lecture 12. The Doni Tondo -- Lecture 13. Rome and the tomb of Julius II -- Lecture 14. Bologna and the return to Rome -- Lecture 15. The Sistine Chapel -- Lecture 16. The Sistine Chapel, part 2 -- Lecture 17. The Sistine Chapel, part 3 -- Lecture 18. A story of marble -- Lecture 19. The Medici Chapel sculpture -- Lecture 20. The Medici Chapel sculpture, part 2 -- Lecture 21. bThe Medici Chapel sculpture, part 3 -- Lecture 22. The Laurentian Library -- Lecture 23. Florence, a republic under siege, 1527-34 -- Lecture 24. Inventing a new aesthetic : the Non-finito -- Lecture 25. Michelangelo's drawings, 1520-40 -- Lecture 26. The Last Judgment -- Lecture 27. The Last Judgment, part 2 -- Lecture 28. The Pauline Chapel -- Lecture 29. The completion of the Julius tomb; poetry -- Lecture 30. The Capitoline Hill projects ; The Brutus -- Lecture 31. The New St. Peter's Basilica -- Lecture 32. Michelangelo's Roman architecture -- Lecture 33. Michelangelo's Roman architecture, part 2 -- Lecture 34. Piety and pity : the Florentine Pietà -- Lecture 35. The Rondanini Pietà and the late poetry -- Lecture 36. Death of Michelangelo : the master's legacy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (Course guidebook, pages 252-260).
Credits Camera operators, Lonnie Harrell, Alexis Doty, Jim Allen, Tom Dooley ; editors, Jaimee M. Aigret, Karl Whichard, David Ladd, Matthew Kraft, Richard Bernett ; music composition, Ed Saltzman.
Subject Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. (OCoLC)fst00064395
Artists -- Italy -- Biography.
Artists. (OCoLC)fst00817559
Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
Genre/Form Educational films. (OCoLC)fst01726235
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Educational films.
Added Author Wallace, William E.
ISBN 1598033360
9781598033366
9781490689555
1490689559
Music No. 7130 Teaching Company
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