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Description: Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture
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General Index
abstraction
defined 52
and the orders 73, 138
and the profile 54
and the San Lorenzo facade 109, 114
and the Laurentian Library 193
accident 10, 13, 41, 71
Alberti, Alberto 219n24
Alberti, Leon Battista 4, 14, 45, 48–49, 102, 212n22, 229n31
anatomy and anatomical studies 16, 20, 215n36, 215n39, figs. 19, 20
anthropomorphism
and Francesco di Giorgio 3–4, 38, 49, 71–72, figs. 2, 97
and the “Letter to an Unknown Prelate” (Cardinal Rodolfo Pio) 3–4, 38
and Peruzzi 72, fig. 98
and Michelangelo’s drawings 4, 50, 72–73, 189, figs. 92, 96, 101, 145, 151
and the Tomb of Julius II 86, 104, 105, 124
antiquarians and antiquarianism 48–50
Aretino, Pietro 30, 213n1, 217n76
Ariosto, Ludovico 205–06, 208–09, 213n1
Aristotle and Aristotelianism 205–06
Armenini, Giovanni Battista 9, 13–14, 32–33, 41
Baccio d’Agnolo 107, 114, 154, fig. 208
Bartoli, Cosimo 161, 206–07
Bertoldo di Giovanni 48, 215n40
Boccaccio 206
Bocchi, Francesco 43, 161, 194, 206–08
Borromini, Francesco 181
Botticelli, Sandro 11, 107, 114, figs. 149, 150
brackets 63, 67, 89, 91, 121, 172, 175, 190, 194, 208, figs. 88, 91, 275
Bramante, Donato
and the Codex Coner 45, 60
and the Cortile del Belvedere 138, 156, 163, 220n33, 225n40, fig. 187
and his drawings 219n12
and Michelangelo’s criticism 221n60
and Michelangelo, rivalry with 216n45
and the Tempietto 156, 225n36, 230n48, fig. 209
Bregno, Andrea 87, fig. 123
Brunelleschi, Filippo 4, 86, 122, 125, 138, 165, 207, 219n16, fig. 119
canon, and canonical architecture or texts 1, 43, 82, 202, 208
caryatids 85, 100–101, 104–05, fig. 141; see also herms
baby herms and caryatids 28, 38, 216n52, fig. 140
Castiglione, Baldassare 9, 81, 206, 209
Cavalieri, Tommaso de’ 199–200
Cellini, Benvenuto 2, 203, 211–12nn13–14, 213–14n14, 215n36
Cennini, Cennino 10, 12, 213n9, 217nn72, 75, 218n85
chalk
red (lapis rosso) 44, 54, 62, 68, 82, 163, 213-14n14
black (lapis nero) 11, 138, 144, 213nn11–12, 213–14n14
Cicero and Ciceronianism 206–07
Cinzio, Giovambattista Giraldi 206
Clement VII (or Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici)
and the Laurentian Library 153, 158–59, 181
and the Medici Chapel 122, 132, 189
Codex Barberini, see Sangallo, Giuliano da
Codex Coner
characteristics and organization 45, figs. 58, 64, 68, 72, 74, 77, 79, 82, 84, 87, 93
compared with the Codex Barberini 51–52, 54
Michelangelo’s copies of 45–48, 50–52, 54, 60, 62–64, 69, 72, 125, figs. 59, 66, 73, 75, 78, 79, 83, 85, 89, 94, 102
Codex Escurialensis 49, 51
Colombo, Realdo 215n36
Condivi, Ascanio 40, 42, 98, 100, 102, 215n136, 216n45
connoisseurship 7, 213n37
contrapposto 195, 199
Cortesi, Paolo 212n28
“Crypta Balbi” 194, 206, 220n41
Danti, Vincenzo 215n36
Dolce, Lodovico 6, 30, 42, 68–69, 212
Donatello 28, 72, 86, 141, 212n26, 219n16, 224n32, 224–25n34, figs. 39, 100, 193
Doni, Anton Francesco 9, 80, 190, 212n16, 213n1, 213n3
drawings
and disegno (drawing or design) 3, 9, 20, 68
and fifteenth-century practice 10–14, 16, 20
and medieval practice 1
and the modello 109, 158
for presentation 199–200
and the primo pensiero (first thought) 13, 214n26
of Roman ruins 2, 48–49
and the sketch (or macchia) 1, 2, 13–14, 214nn26–27
see also Cennini, Cennino; Ferrucci, Francesco di Simone; Francesco di Giorgio (Martini); Ghiberti, Lorenzo; Ghirlandaio, Domenico; Leonardo da Vinci; Lippi, Filippino; Peruzzi, Baldassare; Pollaiuolo, Antonio; Raphael; Sangallo, Giuliano and Antonio da; and Signorelli, Luca
Dürer, Albrecht 215n36
education (of architects) 1–2, 45–46, 82
Elam, Caroline 133
fantasia 10, 153
Ferrucci, Francesco di Simone 91, fig. 127
Filarete, Antonio 3, 4, 222n71
frame (architectural)
defined, and in general terms 85–86, 151, 153
and the facade of San Lorenzo 108–09, 114
and Filippino Lippi 101
and the Laurentian Library 163
and the Medici Chapel 135, 138, 144
and the Sistine Ceiling 96, 98, 102
and the Tomb of Julius II 87, 102, 104–05
see also quadro
Francesco di Giorgio (Martini)
and anthropomorphism 3–4, 49, 71–72, 189, 212n20, 222n71, figs. 2, 97
and studies of the antique 48–49, 64, 73
Gehry, Frank 211n1, 230n1
genius 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 212n24, 218n85
Ghiberti, Lorenzo 10—11, fig. 4
Ghirlandaio, Domenico 11, 49, 114
Gilio da Fabriano, Giovanni Andrea 30, 41
Giovanni da Udine 144
Giulio Romano 3, 41, 138, 156, fig. 211
grotesques (grottesche) 50, 141, 144, figs. 190, 193, 196
herms 85, 104–06, 124; see also caryatids
Holl, Steven 230n77
Hollanda, Francisco de 9, 212n16, 213n4
Honnecourt, Villard de 1, 211n7
imitation 7, 43, 69, 82, 212n28
invention (invenzione, inventio)
and Armenini 13–14
and Clement VII 153
and drawing 1, 10, 43
and Leonardo da Vinci 41–42
and repetition 10
Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere)
and antiquities 48, 212n27, 219n15
and the Sistine Chapel 22
and the Tomb of Julius II 22, 86–87, 89, 102–06, 114, 122; see also Michelangelo, sculpture
Kleist, Heinrich von 2, 209, 211n9
Laocöon 40, 159, 212n27, 216n65, figs. 57, 220
Leo X 81, 86, 106–08, 114, 138, 149, 153
Leonardo da Vinci
drawings
architectural 215–16n44
Battle of Anghiari 12–13, 21–22, figs. 26, 27, 28
child studies 14, fig. 13
figure studies 16, fig. 16
general approach 9–10, 12–13, 16, 216n63
horse study 14, fig. 12
mixed studies 12, fig. 7
Neptune 14, fig. 9
profile studies 54, fig. 71
Virgin and Child with St. Anne 12, 14, 202, fig. 8
writings
on accident 71
on anatomy 16, 20, fig. 20
on composition (compared to poetry) 7, 13, 214n23, 214n27, 217n72
on memory 41, 54
on poetry 67–68
Ligorio, Pirro 208, 232n16
Lippi, Filippino 11, 29, 49–50, 94, 101, 107, 114, figs. 40, 63, 131, 132
license 6, 49, 50, 82, 205–08
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo 10
Manetti, Antonio 86
maniera (style) 68, 213n30, 217n76
Masaccio 45, 219n9, fig. 60
Medici, Giovanni de’, see Leo X
Medici, Giulio de’, see Clement VII
Medici, Lorenzo de’ 4, 6, 48, 49, 106, 216n55
memory 10, 16, 20, 30, 41–42, 215n36, 215n39, 218n85
Michelangelo Buonarroti
architecture
capital studies 50, figs. 61–62
Chapel of Leo X at Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome 108, 138, 230n2, fig. 153
Codex Coner copies 45–48, 50–52, 54, 60, 62–64, 69, 72, 125, figs. 59, 66, 73, 75, 78, 79, 83, 85, 89, 94, 102
and drawing ruins 49–50, 219n24
fortification studies 182–83, 185, fig. 250
Laurentian Library
commission 153–56
details 165, 172, 175, 181, figs. 231–32, 234, 246
drawings
bases 62, 165, 186, figs. 81, 229, 230, 254
base and cornice studies 73, fig. 105
bases and stair for the vestibule 54, 186, figs. 76, 230
cornice studies 72–73, figs. 101, 103
cornice template 165, fig. 232
door studies 172, 175, figs. 238, 245
rare books room plan 181, figs. 248, 249
reading-room desks 190, fig. 255
template for Laurentian Library door 165, fig. 231
vestibule plan 163, figs. 222, 223
vestibule stairs 54, 165, 186, figs. 76, 229, 230
vestibule studies 63, 172, figs. 88, 222, 241
wall studies 163, 165, 168, 172, figs. 225, 226
window study 172, fig. 236
window and tabernacle studies 172, fig. 237
perception and the body 189–91
plan and section figs. 212, 213
rare books room 181–82, figs. 248–49
reading room figs. 207, 266–67
reading room desks 190, fig. 256
reading room door 175, fig. 246
reading room frieze 194, fig. 265
stairway 185–86, 189, figs. 251–53
vestibule 163, 165, figs. 206, 228, 240
vestibule details figs. 262–63, 268–69
Medici Chapel (also known as the New Sacristy)
commission 122, 124
compared with the Laurentian Library 153, 157, 165, 189, 194
drawings
base studies 61–62, 69, 72, figs. 92, 96, 99
candelabra design 141, figs. 190, 192
compared to Laurentian Library drawings 163, 165
Magnifici Tomb designs 159, fig. 216
Magnifici Tomb design (attribution) 144, fig. 202
Magnifici Tomb, base template 60, 62, fig. 80
tomb designs 89, 132–33, figs. 181–85, 188
tomb of Giuliano de’ Medici (attribution) 144, fig. 203
wall drawings 141, figs. 194, 195
window, second-level 62, fig. 86
interior, appearance and effect 124–25, 144–45, 149, 165, figs. 173–79, 191, 196, 199–201, 227
plans, sections, and axonometric representations 124, 132, figs. 167–69, 171–72
project for a free-standing tomb 125, 132, 138
see also Michelangelo, sculpture
Palazzo Farnese, window study 181, fig. 247
Palazzo Medici window fig. 242
and its brackets 63, 89, 175, figs. 243–44
drawings 121, 239, figs. 166
papal tombs 159, 161, figs. 215, 217–18, 221
Porta Pia 202, 215n33, fig. 274
San Giovanni 81, 201–02, 215n33, figs. 272–73
San Lorenzo façade
commission 47, 89, 106–09, 157
drawings 89, 109, 114, 121–22, figs. 153–55, 159, 162, 165
model 107, 114, fig. 158
see also Sangallo, Giuliano da
figure studies
anatomical studies 16, fig. 19
copy after Masaccio 45, fig. 60
male figure study 4, fig. 3
Resurrection of Christ 14, 26, figs. 10, 34
study of four figures 78, fig. 108
studies of an infant 14–16, fig. 14
study for the Fall of Phaeton 199, fig. 270
Tityus 26, fig. 33
see also individual projects and Index of Drawings
letters
to Clement VII 133, 153, 155, 189
“Letter to an Unknown Prelate” (Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi) 3–4, 49, 189
painting
Battle of Cascina 21–22, 163, 175, figs. 25, 29–31
Last Judgment 40–41, 217n68
drawings 32–33, 200, fig. 271
Sistine Ceiling
as architectural framing system 93–94, 96, 98, 100–02, 138, figs. 133–36
commission and general views 22, 26, figs. 35, 36
drawings
ignudi studies 16, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38–39, figs. 17–18, 38–39, 45–48, 50–52, 53–56
scheme for the Sistine Ceiling 65, 96, figs. 90, 133–34
ignudi 26, 29–30, 32–34, 36, 86, 100–02, 104, figs. 32, 35–38, 44, 49, 138
Jonah and foreshortening 98–100, fig. 137
repetition and variation 22, 26, 28–30, 32–34, 36, 38–39
and suppression of subject 40–41
poetry 10, 41, 42, 65, 67–69, 165, 199, 213n32
sculpture
altarpiece design (unidentified) 89, figs. 124–25
Battle of the Centaurs 20–22, 40, 163, figs. 21–24
Day and Night, Medici Chapel 145, 149, fig. 199
drawings 144, figs. 197–98
Hercules and Antaeus 2, fig. 1
sleeping Cupid 6, 213n129
Tomb of Julius II
commission 87
drawings
project of 1505 86–87, 91, 93, 175, 223n11, fig. 121
project of 1513 102–06, 109, 124–25, figs. 144–46
project for a free-standing tomb 102, 125, 189
studies of slaves for the tomb of Julius II 16, 36, 38, figs. 18, 52
as executed 87, fig. 120
see also Victory
Venus studies 78, figs. 108–12
Victory 159, fig. 219
mirroring and mirror images 26, 28–29, 39, 216n49, 216n51
models, in clay and wax 1–2, 32–34, 141, 158, fig. 1
architectural models 2, 114, fig. 158
neurology 217n73, 218n85
orders (classical)
and abstraction and experimentation 73, 106, 138, 225n40
and Bramante 138, 157
and the canon 208
and Cosimo Bartoli 207
and details 54, 69
and the Medici Chapel drawings 135
and recognition or identification 67, 135, 195, 205
and Vitruvius 64, 71–72, 161
originality 4, 6, 42, 45, 102, 213n29
ornament, architectural 93, 106, 108–09, 114, 144, 151, 165, 190, 194–95
Palladio, Andrea 186, 208, 231n3
Palazzo Bartolini-Salimbeni (Florence, Baccio d’Agnolo) 154, fig. 208
Palazzo Branconio dell’Aquila (Rome, Raphael) 151, fig. 205
paper 2, 11–12, 42, 43, 214n15
perspective
and architectural drawings 52, 54, 186, 189, 215-16n4, 224n33
and the Sistine Chapel 98, 100, 102
Palazzo Stati-Maccarani 156, fig. 211
Peruzzi, Baldassare
and abstract architecture 138, 225n40
and anthropomorphic architecture 72, fig. 98
and antiquities 80–82, 211-12n13, figs. 115, 117
and representation of space, light 81, 158, 172, 189, 215–16n44, figs. 116, 214, 235
Petrarch and Petrarchanism 65, 67–69, 165, 199, 206
poetry, see Ariosto, Ludovico; Michelangelo, poetry; and Petrarch and Petrarchanism
Poliziano, Angelo 6, 48, 67, 212n28
Pollaiuolo, Antonio del 11, 87, 102, 215nn41–42, figs. 5, 143
putti 100, 105, 216n52, 216n61, 224n32, fig. 140; see also caryatids
quadro 86, 93, 108–09, 114, 121, 156; see also frame
Raffaello da Montelupo 226n50
Raphael
and adaptability 38, 42
and the antique 80–82, fig. 118
and critical assessment 206
and drawing 14, 215n31, fig. 15
and Leo X, letter to 85–86, 107
and Ludovico Dolce 69
and palace architecture 151, 156, 230n61, fig. 205
and prints 42
and the Stanze 100–101, 200, fig. 141
and tomb design 106, fig. 148
and Villa Madama 81, 149, 151, figs. 118, 204, 210
repetition
as an approach to drawing 6, 209
and its concealment 29, 42
and invention 10, 14
and memory 41
and paper 12
and variation 26, 28
and Vasari’s idea of disegno 68
Riario, Cardinal Raffaele 6
Rocchetti, Giacomo 102, fig. 144
Sangallo, Antonio da 60, 107, 165, fig. 233
Sangallo, Giuliano da
buildings and projects
decorative capitals 219–20n25
façade of San Lorenzo 107–09, 114, 226–27n47, 229n30, figs. 156, 157, 160, 161, 163, 164
Gondi Chapel 191, 226n52, 257–59
Poggio a Caiano 163
Santa Maria delle Carceri 227n75
Santo Spirito (vestibule and sacristy) 94, 193, figs. 130, 260, 261
triumphal arch for Julius II 89–90, fig. 126
drawings of antiquities
Codex Barberini 48–49, 51–52, 89, 163, 182, 194, 224n19, 225n39, figs. 65, 69, 224, 264
Taccuino Senese 4, 6, 48, 51, 73, figs. 106, 107
friendship with Michelangelo 4, 6, 49–50, 212n27
and the Laocoön 49, 216n65
Sansovino, Andrea 87, 107, 223n12, fig. 122
Sansovino, Jacopo 107–08, 157
Serlio, Sebastiano 161, 208
Signorelli, Luca 11, 215n36, 216n55, fig. 6
Socrates 214n17
sprezzatura 9, 209, 213n2
stylus 12, 14, 215n31
in relation to style 217n76
Tasso, Bernardo 206
Torso Belvedere 80, fig. 114
triumphal arches
Arch of Constantine 47, 85–86, 108–09, 226n61, figs. 77, 78
Arch of Septimius Severus fig. 139
and facade architecture 106, 108, 114
for Julius II 89, 91, fig. 126
and the Medici Chapel tomb designs 135, 138
sculpture, in relation to 85, 86–87
and the Sistine Ceiling 100
Varchi, Benedetto 212n15, 213n3
varietà (variety) 6, 42, 82, 205, 208
Vasari
and anatomy 20
and disegno 68
and the façade of San Lorenzo 106–07, 109
and the Last Judgment 40–41, 216–17n67
and memory 42
and Michelangelo’s architectural legacy 1, 7, 206–07
and the primo pensiero 13
and the Sistine Ceiling 98, 100–01
Verrocchio, Andrea del 14, 16, 91, 93, figs. 11, 128
Vitruvius
and antiquities, the study of 48, 49, 64
on architecture and the body 3, 71, 85, 189
and the Laurentian Library 193–95
and Michelangelo’s Vitruvian study group 219n20
and the orders 64, 71–72, 161
and orthodoxy 43, 50, 54, 60, 205–06
and Peruzzi 81
and the principles of firmitas (strength), utilitas (utility), venustas (beauty) 193–95
Volpaia, Bernardo della 45, 52, 54, figs. 58, 64, 68, 72, 74, 77, 79, 82, 84, 87, 93; see also Codex Coner and Michelangelo, Codex Coner
Wilde, Johannes 132
Wölfflin, Heinrich 190