MICHELANGELO

As Barnes shows, Michelangelos works were made to be viewed in churches, homes, and political settings, by people who brought their own specific needs and expectations to them. Rarely were his paintings and sculptures viewed in quiet isolationas we might today in the stark halls of a museum. Instead, they were an integral part of ritual and ceremonies, and viewers would have experienced them under specific lighting conditions and from particular vantages, they would have moved through spaces in particular ways and been compelled to re...[Llegir més]