Michelangelo : A Life on Paper by Barkan, Leonard

Princeton University Press, 2010-12-12. First Edition (1st printing),. hardcover. Used: Good.

Princeton University Press, 2011-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x1x10. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Crisp, unmarked copy with a trace of shelfwear to bottom edges of boards. Lavishly illustrated in both B&W and color. Dust jacket in mylar shows a trace of wear to edges, otherwise crisp.

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First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition except for a small stain on the front cover. Please see photos. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with trackingA groundbreaking account of the role of writing in Michelangelo's artMichelangelo is best known for great artistic achievements such as the Sistine ceiling, the David, the Pietà, and the dome of St. Peter's. Yet throughout his seventy-five year career, he was engaged in another artistic act that until now has been largely overlooked: he not only filled hundreds of sheets of paper with exquisite drawings, sketches, and doodles, but also, on fully a third of these sheets, composed his own words. Here we can read the artist's marginal notes to his most enduring masterpieces; workaday memos to assistants and pupils; poetry and letters; and achingly personal expressions of ambition and despair surely meant for nobody's eyes but his own. Michelangelo: A Life on Paper is the first book to examine… Read More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Oversize hardcover -- as new in like dust jacket, no faults to note. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

Princeton University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. 0691147663 . 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Princeton University Press, 2010-12-12. Hardcover. New.

Princeton. 2010. November 2010. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780691147666. 107 color illus. 97 halftones. 366 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Art . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Michelangelo is best known for great artistic achievements such as the Sistine ceiling, the David, the Pietà, and the dome of St. Peter's. Yet throughout his seventy-five year career, he was engaged in another artistic act that until now has been largely overlooked, not only filling hundreds of sheets of paper with exquisite drawings, sketches, and doodles - but also, on fully a third of these sheets, composing his own words. Here we can read the artist's marginal notes to his most enduring masterpieces; workaday memos to assistants and pupils; poetry and letters; and achingly personal expressions of ambition and despair surely meant for nobody's eyes but his own. Michelangelo: A Life on Paper is the first book to examine this intriguing interplay of words and images,… Read More

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2011. Hardcover. VG/VG. Burnt orange boards with gilt spine lettering, tan illustrated dust jacket with white spine lettering, xvi, 366 pp, profusely illustrated throughout in bw and color. Michelangelo is best known for great artistic achievements, but overlooked is the sheets composed with his own words. Here we can read the artist's marginal notes to his masterpieces; workaday memos to assistants and pupils; poetry and letters; and personal expressions of ambition and despair. This book will examine this intriguing interplay of words and images, providing insight into his life and work as never before.--[book jacket].

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xvi, 366 pp. First printing.