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This offers an in-depth investigation of the religious motivations behind Michelangelo's sculpture and graphic works in his late period. Emily Fenichel argues that much of Michelangelo's late oeuvre was engaged in solving the religious and artistic problems presented by the Counter-Reformation.

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1. Introduction; 2. Public: criticism, penance, and the portrait medal; 2. Public: collaboration and religious art in Rome; 3. Private: Michelangelo, Vittoria Colonna, and meditation; 4. Private: the Jesuits, the body, and meditation; 5. Conclusion.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 20/07/2023
      ISBN13: 9781009314374, 978-1009314374
      ISBN10: 1009314378
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This offers an in-depth investigation of the religious motivations behind Michelangelo's sculpture and graphic works in his late period. Emily Fenichel argues that much of Michelangelo's late oeuvre was engaged in solving the religious and artistic problems presented by the Counter-Reformation.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. Public: criticism, penance, and the portrait medal; 2. Public: collaboration and religious art in Rome; 3. Private: Michelangelo, Vittoria Colonna, and meditation; 4. Private: the Jesuits, the body, and meditation; 5. Conclusion.

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