Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture
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Review "This fascinating volume lets us watch genius creating itself."―Don Fry, Virginia Quarterly Review (Don Fry Virginia Quarterly Review 2009-03-01)"That Michelangelo's architecture evolved from his sculpture is generally acknowledged. With unprecedented precision and thoroughness, Brothers, the author of this beautiful volume . . . explains exactly how. . . . A refreshing contribution to Renaissance studies, and to Michelangelo scholarship. . . . Recommended."― Choice (Choice 2009-05-04)Winner of the 2010 Charles Rufus Money Book Award given by the College Art Association (Charles Rufus Money Book Award College Art Association 2010-01-01)"This book is one of the most important to have appeared on Michelangelo since James Ackerman's The Architecture of Michelangelo of 1961. It is beautifully written, crisp, astute, and witty, its felicities and insights are too numerous to enumerate here, and it should be included in every course on Renaissance architecture."—Caroline Van Eck, Renaissance Quarterly (Caroline Van Eck Renaissance Quarterly) Read more About the Author Cammy Brothers is associate professor of architecture at the University of Virginia. Read more
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This new book by Cammy Brothers, associate professor of architectural history at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, is an original, meticulous, creative and outstanding new look at Michelangelo. The author writes about her complex research so clearly that it's fascinating for laypeople, while being informative for scholars at the same time. Already well-reviewed in England, and sold out this week at the Metropolitan Museum bookstore, it will become one of the most important new scholarly books of 2008.
