Michelangelo's Seizure

Michelangelo's Seizure
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 88
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ISBN-10 : 9780252074202
ISBN-13 : 0252074203
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Book Synopsis Michelangelo's Seizure by : Steve Gehrke

Download or read book Michelangelo's Seizure written by Steve Gehrke and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following is a book of poems based on the lives of several classic and contemporary painters, including Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Goya, Monet, Renoir, Magritte and many others. While the poems participate in the tradition of ekphrastic poetry, they also engage with each painters' biography, as a lens through which to see each work. In the poems, many of the painters are reacting to a dramatic loss, transforming the pain of personal tragedy into art.


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