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Romain Rolland. Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
MICHELANGELO
CHAPTER I
Childhood and Youth (1475-1505)
CHAPTER II
MICHELANGELO AND JULIUS II (1505-1513)
CHAPTER III
THE FAILURE OF THE GREAT PLANS (1513-1534)
CHAPTER IV
VITTORIA COLONNA (1535-1547)
CHAPTER V
OLD AGE AND DEATH (1547-1564)
CHAPTER VI
THE GENIUS OF MICHELANGELO AND HIS INFLUENCE ON ITALIAN ART
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
CATALOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS. OF MICHELANGELO IN PUBLIC. COLLECTIONS
NOTE ON THE DRAWINGS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Footnote
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Romain Rolland
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Another undertaking, more tempting to him by its very difficulty, took entire possession of him a few months after he had made the agreement with Cardinal Piccolomini.
A gigantic block of marble had been delivered in 1464 to Agostino di Duccio by the Board of Works of S. Maria del Fiore to be used for the statue of a prophet. The work had been interrupted at this point. The Gonfalonier Soderini wanted to entrust the completion of it to Lionardo da Vinci, but in August, 1502, it was given to Michelangelo and he set to work on it at once. From that block of marble came forth the colossal David. By January 25, 1504, the work was completed and a commission of artists among whom were Botticelli, Filippino Lippi, Lionardo da Vinci and Perugino was considering where it should be placed. They hesitated between the Loggia dei Lanzi and the entrance of the Palace of the Signory. The latter position was decided upon at the expressed preference of Michelangelo. The architects of the Duomo, Simone del Pollajuolo (Cronaca), Antonio da San Gallo, Baccio d'Agnolo and Bernardo della Cecca were charged with the transportation of the enormous mass of stone which was placed in position on the eighth of June, 1504, on the left of the entrance to the Palazzo Vecchio where until then the Judith of Donatello had stood.
