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Sweetness and Strength The Reception of Michelangelo in Late Victorian England
By Lene Østermark-Johansen
Copyright 1998
335 Pages
by
Routledge
335 Pages
by
Routledge
335 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1998, this volume explores the reinvention of Michelangelo in the Victorian era. At the opening of the nineteenth century, Michelangelo’s reputation rested on the evidence of contemporary adulation recorded by Vasari and Condivi. Travel, photography, the shift of his drawings into public collections, and, in particular, the publication of his poems in their original form,... Read more
1. Michelangelo as Text. 2. Michelangelo as Line. 3. Michelangelo as the Petrarchan Lover. 4. Michelangelo as the Platonic Lover.
Biography
Lene Østermark-Johansen
