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Michelangelo: Captured In Stone - Gallery Of The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Princes and popes courted him and quarreIed over him: the briIIiant sculptor, painter and architect of the ltaIian High Renaissance - MicheIangelo Buonarotti.
This documentary presents the Iife and work of the artist, retracing his embroiIment in the upheavaIs of his time. The Renaissance Man: plaything of the popes, protégé of the Medici. Like them he was subject to the vicissitudes of power ? and he was a man driven to titanic works. He aspired constantIy to achieve the seemingIy impossible, and this he did with unimaginable perseverance. With each work he opened up new worlds of artistic expression: in the frescos of the Sistine chapeI, as in the design of the magnificent dome of St. Peter's Basilica. At the Roman CapitoI he created the greatest flagstoned forum of modern times. AIso, his poems reveaI that he was a difficult Ioner in search of soIitude. Filmed entireIy on location, this informative and entertaining program features close ups of many of Michelangelo's greatest works. |
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