{"product_id":"2940014969635","title":"THE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I. BIRTH, BOYHOOD, YOUTH AT FLORENCE, DOWN TO LORENZO DE' MEDICI'S\u003cbr\u003e      DEATH. 1475-1492.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II. FIRST VISITS TO BOLOGNA AND ROME--THE MADONNA DELLA FEBBRE AND\u003cbr\u003e      OTHER WORKS IN MARBLE. 1492-1501.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. RESIDENCE IN FLORENCE--THE DAVID. 1501-1505.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV. JULIUS II. CALLS MICHELANGELO TO ROME--PROJECT FOR THE POPE'S\u003cbr\u003e      TOMB--THE REBUILDING OF S. PETER'S--FLIGHT FROM ROME--CARTOON\u003cbr\u003e      FOR THE BATTLE OF PISA. 1505, 1506.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   V. SECOND VISIT TO BOLOGNA--THE BRONZE STATUE OF JULIUS\u003cbr\u003e      II--PAINTING OF THE SISTINE VAULT. 1506-1512.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VI. ON MICHELANGELO AS DRAUGHTSMAN, PAINTER, SCULPTOR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VII. LEO X. PLANS FOR THE CHURCH OF S. LORENZO AT\u003cbr\u003e      FLORENCE--MICHELANGELO'S LIFE AT CARRARA. 1513-1521.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII. ADRIAN VI AND CLEMENT VII--THE SACRISTY AND LIBRARY OF S.\u003cbr\u003e      LORENZO. 1521-1526.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IX. SACK OF ROME AND SIEGE OF FLORENCE--MICHELANGELO'S FLIGHT TO\u003cbr\u003e      VENICE--HIS RELATIONS TO THE MEDICI. 1527-1534.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   X. ON MICHELANGELO AS ARCHITECT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XI. FINAL SETTLEMENT IN ROME--PAUL III.--THE LAST JUDGMENT AND THE\u003cbr\u003e      PAOLINE CHAPEL--THE TOMB OF JULIUS. 1535-1542.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XII. VITTORIA COLONNA AND TOMMASO CAVALIERI--MICHELANGELO AS POET AND\u003cbr\u003e      MAN OF FEELING.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII. MICHELANGELO APPOINTED ARCHITECT-IN-CHIEF AT THE\u003cbr\u003e      VATICAN--HISTORY OF S. PETER'S. 1542-1557.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIV. LAST YEARS OF LIFE--MICHELANGELO'S PORTRAITS--ILLNESS OF OLD\u003cbr\u003e      AGE. 1557-1564.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XV. DEATH AT ROME--BURIAL AND OBSEQUIES AT\u003cbr\u003e      FLORENCE--ANECDOTES--ESTIMATE OF MICHELANGELO AS MAN AND ARTIST.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Buonarroti Simoni, to whom Michelangelo belonged, were a\u003cbr\u003eFlorentine family of ancient burgher nobility. Their arms appear to\u003cbr\u003ehave been originally \"azure two bends or.\" To this coat was added \"a\u003cbr\u003elabel of four points gules inclosing three fleur-de-lys or.\" That\u003cbr\u003eaugmentation, adopted from the shield of Charles of Anjou, occurs upon\u003cbr\u003ethe scutcheons of many Guelf houses and cities. In the case of the\u003cbr\u003eFlorentine Simoni, it may be ascribed to the period when Buonarrota di\u003cbr\u003eSimone Simoni held office as a captain of the Guelf party (1392).\u003cbr\u003eSuch, then, was the paternal coat borne by the subject of this Memoir.\u003cbr\u003eHis brother Buonarroto received a further augmentation in 1515 from\u003cbr\u003eLeo X., to wit: \"upon a chief or, a pellet azure charged with\u003cbr\u003efleur-de-lys or, between the capital letters L. and X.\" At the same\u003cbr\u003etime he was created Count Palatine. The old and simple bearing of the\u003cbr\u003etwo bends was then crowded down into the extreme base of the shield,\u003cbr\u003ewhile the Angevine label found room beneath the chief.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179833377008,"sku":"2940014969635","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014969635","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}