
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael
Florence, c. 1504
Royal Academy of Arts (Publisher)
Published on 17. October 2024
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-915815-10-1 (ISBN)
Description
"Put your money on Leonardo in this restaging of the Turner prize of the High Renaissance." - The Guardian
At the turn of the 16th century, three titans of the Italian Renaissance briefly crossed paths, competing for the attention of the most powerful patrons in Republican Florence. In January 1504 the city's most prominent artists came together to advise on an appropriate location for Michelangelo's nearly finished sculpture of David. Among them was Leonardo da Vinci, who - like Michelangelo - had only recently returned to his native Florence. In this beautifully designed book, Scott Nethersole and Per Rumberg take Michelangelo's celebrated Taddei Tondo as their starting point, and examine the rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo, and the influence of both on the young Raphael. Some of the finest examples of Italian Renaissance drawing are reproduced, including Leonardo's Burlington House Cartoon and studies by Leonardo and Michelangelo for their murals commissioned by the Florentine government for the newly constructed council hall in the Palazzo della Signoria.
At the turn of the 16th century, three titans of the Italian Renaissance briefly crossed paths, competing for the attention of the most powerful patrons in Republican Florence. In January 1504 the city's most prominent artists came together to advise on an appropriate location for Michelangelo's nearly finished sculpture of David. Among them was Leonardo da Vinci, who - like Michelangelo - had only recently returned to his native Florence. In this beautifully designed book, Scott Nethersole and Per Rumberg take Michelangelo's celebrated Taddei Tondo as their starting point, and examine the rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo, and the influence of both on the young Raphael. Some of the finest examples of Italian Renaissance drawing are reproduced, including Leonardo's Burlington House Cartoon and studies by Leonardo and Michelangelo for their murals commissioned by the Florentine government for the newly constructed council hall in the Palazzo della Signoria.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
80 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
770 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-915815-10-1 (9781915815101)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Scott Nethersole is Professor of the History of Art and Architecture from 500 to 1500 at Radboud University, Nijmegen.
Per Rumberg is Jacob Rothschild Head of the Curatorial Department at the National Gallery, London.
Per Rumberg is Jacob Rothschild Head of the Curatorial Department at the National Gallery, London.
Content
Prelims
Introduction by Scott Nethersole and Per Rumberg
1. Michelangelo, Raphael and the Taddei Tondo by Per Rumberg
2. Leonardo, Michelangelo and the Sala del Gran Consiglio by Scott Nethersole
3. Leonardo and the Burlington House Cartoon by Per Rumberg
Catalogue plates
Chronology covering all three artists by Per Rumberg
List of works by Per Rumberg and Scott Nethersole
Endnotes
Bibliographic sources
Photographic acknowledgements
Introduction by Scott Nethersole and Per Rumberg
1. Michelangelo, Raphael and the Taddei Tondo by Per Rumberg
2. Leonardo, Michelangelo and the Sala del Gran Consiglio by Scott Nethersole
3. Leonardo and the Burlington House Cartoon by Per Rumberg
Catalogue plates
Chronology covering all three artists by Per Rumberg
List of works by Per Rumberg and Scott Nethersole
Endnotes
Bibliographic sources
Photographic acknowledgements