Michelangelo's 'Last Judgment' [Hardcover]

This work examines all facets of Michelangelo's 'Last Judgment'.This book is about the creation of an acknowledged masterpiece and its wildly mixed reception by contemporaries. It was created at a moment of crisis when the spirit of Renaissance humanism was giving way to a new sense of threat within the church. as defections of the faithful to the new Protestant sects multiplied across Europe. Seen in this context, the examination of the fresco will be of interest to historians, historians of religion and of art. Out interest in, and understanding of, the Counter-Reformation has been growing and deepening in recent years. That new understanding is brought to bear here on the interpretation of the fresco and its curious reception.This book is about the creation of an acknowledged masterpiece and its wildly mixed reception by contemporaries. It was created at a moment of crisis when the spirit of Renaissance humanism was giving way to a new sense of threat within the church. as defections of the faithful to the new Protestant sects multiplied across Europe. Seen in this context, the examination of the fresco will be of interest to historians, historians of religion and of art. Out interest in, and understanding of, the Counter-Reformation has been growing and deepening in recent years. That new understanding is brought to bear here on the interpretation of the fresco and its curious reception.This book is about the creation of an acknowledged masterpiece and its wildly mixed reception by contemporaries. The Last Judgment was created at a moment of crisis when the spirit of Renaissance humanism was recoiling from the sense of a new threat within the church, as defections of the faithful to the new Protestant sects multiplied across Europe. Seen in this context, the examination of the fresco will be of interest to historians, historians of religion and of art.Introduction Marcia Hall; 1. Nothing else happening: Michelangelo between Rome and Florence William Wallace; 2. l£+