Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel ceiling: Illustrations, introductory essays, backgrounds and sources, critical essays

by Charles Seymour Jr.

Modeled on the highly successful Norton Critical Editions, this series offers illuminating introductions to major monuments of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Each volume includes all the necessary materials for the comprehensive study of a work of art: An illustration section showing the complete work of art, details, preliminary studies, and iconographic sources; An introductory essay by the editor; Documents and literary sources; Critical essays from the art-historical literature.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, History

Hardcover

First published June 1, 1981

About the author

Charles Seymour, Jr. was a professor of art history at Yale University. He specialized in the Italian Renaissance, sculpture, and medieval art.

Reviews

[Milan Kovačević · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the book “The Sistine Chapel” on March 8th, and it gave me many new insights into the history of art, especially the beginnings of the painting of the Sistine Chapel. Through this book, I discovered many fascinating facts about the chapel itself and about Michelangelo. His genius and dedication made one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of art possible. Without Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel would not exist in the world as we know it today.

[Soumya · Rating 5 out of 5]

paintings are shown in great detail. 2 pages of text gives a brief introduction to Michelangelo. The rest are all zoomed in versions of his paintings from the Sistine chapel

[Serge Pierro · Rating 3 out of 5]

A wonderful volume on Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel. The book provides information about the history of the project, and then show various shots of the work itself.