Key facts

Types	Day and Weekend Weekly Classes
Location	Oxford
Address	Rewley House 1 Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JA
Dates	Thu 24 Jan to Thu 28 Feb 2013
Subject area(s)	History of Art
Fees	From £98.00
Application status	Course ended
Course code	O12P166ARL
Course contact	If you have any questions about this course, please email ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk.

Overview

Michelangelo is uniquely famous as an artist, having achieved an unrivalled reputation in his own lifetime that has never since been challenged. Yet only in the mid 20th century was his decisive contribution to architecture rediscovered; the recent cleaning of the Sistine chapel frescoes has revealed his extraordinary colour palette; and research in the archives continues to illuminate his long career (such as the astonishing wealth he acquired). Now high-resolution digital photography allows us to examine his drawings, paintings, sculpture and architecture in unprecedented detail. Applying these new resources to the abundant primary documentation, including his letters, two contemporary biographies and a ghosted autobiography, will allow us to reappraise the achievements of this troubled individual, who has nonetheless always seemed to merit the epithet ‘divine’.

Programme details

THURSDAYS 24 JANUARY – 28 FEBRUARY 2013 From 11.00am – 12.30pm Coffee/tea is provided in the Common Room before each lecture, from 10.30am 10.30am Registration (first week only 24 January in Rewley House Reception) 24 January 2013 The young sculptor 31 January 2013 The Sistine ceiling 7 February 2013 ‘The Tragedy of the Tomb’ 14 February 2013 The architect without rules 21 February 2013 The Last Judgement 28 February 2013 The mortal Michelangelo

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Recommended reading

Suggested Reading

Anthony Hughes, Michelangelo (London: Phaidon Press, 1997)
Michael Hirst, Michelangelo, The Achievement of Fame, 1475–1534 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012)

Fee options

Programme Fee

Tuition (includes coffee/tea): £98.00

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