The Two Michelangelos

Bette Talvacchia

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Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
23 November 2021

Through historical coincidence that almost takes on a mythical character, 'Michelangelo' was the given name not only of the Florentine sculptor, but also of the painter who grew up in Caravaggio, a provincial town in Lombardy, about 25 miles east of Milan. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, commonly called by reference to his hometown, produced revolutionary paintings whose impact was as great — at the beginning of the 1600s — as the other Michelangelo’s art had been a century earlier.

In this book, author Bette Talvacchia explores the significant, but little-discussed, connection between the 'two Michelangelos'. She exposes the dynamic relationship between their work through looking at the ways in which Caravaggio creatively responded to the art of his namesake from the start of his youthful arrival in Rome. In addition, she suggests how Michelangelo’s overwhelming achievement was a model that helped to drive the young Caravaggio’s powerful ambition and shape his identity as an artist.

With lucid and intelligent prose, this fascinating book sheds light on the similar 'artistic temperament' constructed in the biographies of each artist — glorifying their rebellious, anti-social behaviour and uncompromising artistic principles — examined both in its historical and contemporary configurations. Why does our culture find these two artists so compelling, and how were they seen in their time and in the intervening centuries until our own day? Linking the past to the present, Talvacchia encourages readers to appreciate more fully the individual works discussed, and to reflect upon the continuing relevance of these two artists to the culture of the present day.

By: Bette Talvacchia
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 190mm,
ISBN: 9781848224490
ISBN 10: 1848224494
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 23 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bette Talvacchia is an art historian and writer. She is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emerita of Art History at the University of Connecticut. Her research has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Gallery’s CASVA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, and several appointments at Harvard’s Villa I Tatti. She has written and edited numerous books, including Raphael (Phaidon Press, 2007), Sexuality in the Renaissance (1450-1650) (Berg Publishers, 2011) and Taking Positions: On the Erotic in Renaissance Culture (Princeton University Press, 1999).