![]() ![]() ![]() Paul Getty Museum), and Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken (Teylers Museum) that explore Michelangelo’s working methods and major projects, as well as the fascinating history of the ownership of his drawings after his death. Peters (Cleveland Museum of Art), Julian Brooks (J. A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition and includes essays by Emily J. Additional drawings from the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art and the J. Michelangelo: Mind of the Master brings to the United States for the first time a group of drawings by Michelangelo from the remarkable collection of the Teylers Museum (Haarlem, The Netherlands), which was formed in the 18th century in part from the collection of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626–1689). These drawings demonstrate Michelangelo’s inventive preparations for his most important and groundbreaking commissions, including the Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco, sculptures for the tomb of Giuliano de’ Medici, and the dome of Saint Peter’s Basilica. These working sketches invite us to look over the shoulder of one of Western art history’s most influential masters and to experience firsthand his boundless creativity and extraordinary mastery of the human form. Michelangelo’s genius is especially evident through his breathtaking draftsmanship on sheets filled with multiple figures and close studies of human anatomy. The exhibition Michelangelo: Mind of the Master presents an unprecedented opportunity for museum visitors to experience the brilliance of Michelangelo’s achievements on an intimate scale through more than two dozen original drawings. This once in a lifetime exhibit is only available until Feb 12, 2018.The name of the Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, and architect Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) is synonymous with creative genius and virtuosity. The exhibit is included for free with your museum ticket. Today, Michelangelo’s legacy as a draftsman and a designer lives on, but the exhibit will not.Admission to The Met is donation based, so while the suggested amount for a student is $12, you are free to pay whatever you wish. Being able to put the idea of the partial sketch together with what is shown on the ceiling adds to the overall experience. You can see the drawing of his initial idea for the famous scene in the “Creation of Adam” where God reaches his outstretched hand to meet Adam’s. Standing in the room with the Sistine Chapel ceiling projection are some of Michelangelo’s sketches that correspond with his paintings on the chapel ceiling. I would never think to compare it to the real thing, but it is a nice taste of Michelangelo’s genius that I hope everybody will be able to see during their lifetime. Based on the state of my bank account, this is the closest I am going to get to the real thing for a long time. The path leads you through until you are standing underneath a projection of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The exhibit showcases Michelangelo’s diversity as an artist of every medium and his sheer brilliance. Michelangelo was one of the most creative and influential artists in the history of Western art. Considering his most famous works were completed at the beginning of the 16th century, the fact that these sketches and drawings still exist is astounding. These drawings served as the sketch pad of his initial ideas for his works that would be completed on a much larger scale. The exhibit is composed mostly of his drawings. All of the artworks in the exhibit come from 48 collections from all throughout Europe and the United States, both public and private.Īs you enter the exhibit, the walls are plain and the lighting is dim to allow for a deeper focus on his artwork and perhaps most importantly, to aid in its preservation. As you wander through the exhibit, you will also see complementary artworks by other artists that are meant for the viewer to use in order to compare and contrast. It is set up like a maze and guides you through 133 of his drawings, his earliest painting, some sculptures and a wooden architectural model he crafted for a chapel ceiling. The exhibit in The Met allows you to see the train of thought behind many of his greatest ideas. Michelangelo is best known for his famous sculpture of David, his tremendous work on the Sistine Chapel ceiling and his meticulous attention to the human form and its anatomy (maybe only my fellow art history nerds would know this last one). ![]() He was better known by his contemporaries as il Divino, “the Divine One”. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), arguably one of the greatest artists both of the Renaissance and of all time, currently has an exhibition in his honor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art titled, “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer.” He was a master of drawing, design, painting, sculpture and architecture. By Julia Boron “Michaelangelo: Divine Draftman and Designer” is on display at the MET now through Feb. ![]()
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