Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florença, 1475 Roma, 1564) foi o autor de uma não muito vasta obra poética, escrita ao longo de praticamente toda a sua vida, em paralelo às suas atividades artísticas. Apreciada, no passado, principalmente por conta de seu caráter expressivo ou documental, a obra poética de Michelangelo vem sendo, nos últimos tempos, objeto de uma abrangente revisão crítica, cuja intenção é reavaliá-la em seu aspecto poético e formal. Nesse contexto, insere-se o problema fundamental de sua obra tardia, ou, como se diz mais comumente, de sua última poesia que se distingue, marcadamente, de sua produção anterior. De fato, boa parte de sua primeira poesia é dedicada à temática amorosa, e apresenta, como característica central de estilo, o gosto pela dificuldade formal. Em seus anos finais, porém, Michelangelo dedicaria sua poesia a temas quase que exclusivamente religiosos, fazendo-os acompanhar de uma radical simplificação do estilo. Estudos recentes buscaram interpretar este fenômeno, relacionando-o, principalmente, por afinidade temática, à crise religiosa do século XVI, que implicou, em certa medida, uma crise das formas artísticas e poéticas, bem como dos valores éticos propriamente renascentistas. A partir de seu contato com novas ideias religiosas, muitas de cunho reformista (cujas fontes possíveis seriam Vittoria Colonna e o grupo dos spirituali, reunido em torno de Juan de Valdés), Michelangelo teria buscado propor uma nova poética, dando novos rumos às suas composições. Desse modo, a poesia religiosa dos últimos anos de Michelangelo adquire um significado mais profundo no conjunto de sua obra apresentando-se, a um só tempo, como revisão da tradição poética e de seus escritos juvenis, refletindo a situação de crise de valores humanistas e renascentistas no início do século XVI. / Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florence, 1475 Rome, 1564) was the author of a not so vast poetic work, written in the course of almost all his life, alongside with his other artistic activities. Better known, in the past, mainly for its expressive and documental qualities, Michelangelos poetry has been subjected, in recent times, to a wide critical review, whose purpose is to reevaluate it in its poetical and formal aspects. In this context, the problem of his late poetry emerges as a fundamental one, as it drastically distinguishes itself from all his previous works. In fact, a great part of his first poetry is devoted to love themes, and its main style feature is the taste for formal difficulty. In his late years, however, Michelangelo would commit his verses almost exclusively to religious themes, alongside with a radical style simplification. Recent studies tried to understand this phenomenon, relating it mainly to the 16th century religious crisis, which implied, to a certain extent, the crisis of artistic and poetic forms, as well as Renascences ethical values. After contacting new religious ideas, many of reformist content (whose possible sources would be Vittoria Colonna and the spirituali circle of Juan de Valdés), Michelangelo had proposed a whole new set of poetic values, taking new paths with his compositions. In this sense, Michelangelos late poetry acquires a deeper meaning if looked against his work as a whole presenting itself, at one time, as a review of poetic tradition and of his own early writings, thus reflecting the crisis of humanist values in the first half of the 16th century.

Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florença, 1475 Roma, 1564) foi o autor de uma não muito vasta obra poética, escrita ao longo de praticamente toda a sua vida, em paralelo às suas atividades artísticas. Apreciada, no passado, principalmente por conta de seu caráter expressivo ou documental, a obra poética de Michelangelo vem sendo, nos últimos tempos, objeto de uma abrangente revisão crítica, cuja intenção é reavaliá-la em seu aspecto poético e formal. Nesse contexto, insere-se o problema fundamental de sua obra tardia, ou, como se diz mais comumente, de sua última poesia que se distingue, marcadamente, de sua produção anterior. De fato, boa parte de sua primeira poesia é dedicada à temática amorosa, e apresenta, como característica central de estilo, o gosto pela dificuldade formal. Em seus anos finais, porém, Michelangelo dedicaria sua poesia a temas quase que exclusivamente religiosos, fazendo-os acompanhar de uma radical simplificação do estilo. Estudos recentes buscaram interpretar este fenômeno, relacionando-o, principalmente, por afinidade temática, à crise religiosa do século XVI, que implicou, em certa medida, uma crise das formas artísticas e poéticas, bem como dos valores éticos propriamente renascentistas. A partir de seu contato com novas ideias religiosas, muitas de cunho reformista (cujas fontes possíveis seriam Vittoria Colonna e o grupo dos spirituali, reunido em torno de Juan de Valdés), Michelangelo teria buscado propor uma nova poética, dando novos rumos às suas composições. Desse modo, a poesia religiosa dos últimos anos de Michelangelo adquire um significado mais profundo no conjunto de sua obra apresentando-se, a um só tempo, como revisão da tradição poética e de seus escritos juvenis, refletindo a situação de crise de valores humanistas e renascentistas no início do século XVI. / Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florence, 1475 Rome, 1564) was the author of a not so vast poetic work, written in the course of almost all his life, alongside with his other artistic activities. Better known, in the past, mainly for its expressive and documental qualities, Michelangelos poetry has been subjected, in recent times, to a wide critical review, whose purpose is to reevaluate it in its poetical and formal aspects. In this context, the problem of his late poetry emerges as a fundamental one, as it drastically distinguishes itself from all his previous works. In fact, a great part of his first poetry is devoted to love themes, and its main style feature is the taste for formal difficulty. In his late years, however, Michelangelo would commit his verses almost exclusively to religious themes, alongside with a radical style simplification. Recent studies tried to understand this phenomenon, relating it mainly to the 16th century religious crisis, which implied, to a certain extent, the crisis of artistic and poetic forms, as well as Renascences ethical values. After contacting new religious ideas, many of reformist content (whose possible sources would be Vittoria Colonna and the spirituali circle of Juan de Valdés), Michelangelo had proposed a whole new set of poetic values, taking new paths with his compositions. In this sense, Michelangelos late poetry acquires a deeper meaning if looked against his work as a whole presenting itself, at one time, as a review of poetic tradition and of his own early writings, thus reflecting the crisis of humanist values in the first half of the 16th century.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 1997. / Includes catalogs of the sculptures and the drawings for Michelangelo's commission for the apostle statues. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Universiẗat, Magisterarb. u.d.T.: Kaiser, Tina Hedwig: Filmbilder des Stadtraums und Stadtgangs--Lüneburg, 2001.

Isolation, death, rebirth: the rites of passage experienced by the main characters in La nuit (Ferron), La notte (Antonioni) and Le Grand Yaka take place in the course of the night, which prompts the search for their own identity. "Tell me about your nights, and I will tell you who you are" could be the motto of Francois, Lidia, Giovanni and Lepetit. Whether in the realm of dreams or reality, these three stories depict a universe devoid of humanity, where lost souls try to surmount crises and seek truth in their nightly adventures. Gradually, the night---a world of infinite possibilities---will allow them to relive their past and illuminate their future. But is there still hope for them? The anguish, the inability to communicate and urban solitude are at the core of these tales of borderline insanity which all end with the dawn of a new day.

Thesis (M.A. in English)--Vanderbilt University, Aug. 2006. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis examines the parallels between two distinct disciplines: Architecture and Roman Catholic Mysticism. The argument centers on these disciplines' connection to the world of corporeal things and examines the convergence and divergence of the disciplines in this respect It is argued that whereas the mystic is compelled by his vocation to simply notice the beauty and the truth and the goodness of things as the work of God, the architect is required to attempt to improve things through the craft of his occupation. The poetry of Michelangelo serves as a relevant case study. / Master of Architecture

This work questions the present migration toward prescriptive building procedures through a micro-historical reading of Michelangelo's use of architectural template drawings. Examining the artist's ten surviving paper templates (called "modani") from the facade of San Lorenzo (1516-1520), the Medici Chapel (1519-1525), and the Laurentian Library (1524-1527), Michelangelo's template-making practices are mined for possible ways to reorient current thinking toward a dynamic worksite that embraces, rather than shuns, in-progress alterations. Taking the common word origin of 'template' and 'temper' as a starting clue, the relationship between Michelangelo's template drawings and the building site are theorized as a process of tempering, a 15th and 16th century term investigated through key sources such as Ficino's writings on health ("De vita"), the commentaries on Vitruvius by Barbaro and Cesariano, and Biringuccio's treatise on metallurgy ("De la pirotechnia"). From this, key connections emerge between Michelangelo's template-making and contemporaneous practices of tempering, where dynamic, in-situ material adjustments achieve great effect through tiny alterations. Whether in the health of the body, music, or material techniques, tempering offers a method of in-progress commensuration between axiomatic proportions and those of material, sensibly present harmonies. The tempering power of templates is investigated in three parts that follow the transmutation of Michelangelo's templates between paper, tin, and stone. The investigation begins with paper and, following a close examination of the extant drawings, discredits the common conclusion that Michelangelo's templates were drawn free-hand. Rather, it is shown that the extant templates are actually a small fragment of a once robust collection of parent and offspring templates related through tracing. Next, parallel practices in bell-casting and column profiling are discussed in terms of template materials, particularly tin, and how small adjustments may be leveraged to great narrative and conceptual effect in the emerging work. The final part examines the San Lorenzo building site through assembling the body of architecture, where templates are seen as surrogate building stones in the conception and adjustment of the in-progress work. The dissertation concludes with an assertion that Michelangelo's use of templates as instruments for micro-interventions amidst an unstable building site serves as a marvelous exemplar for tempering as a method for materializing the poetic image through disciplined practice. / Ph. D.

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