{"product_id":"the-lost-michelangelos-hardback-9780745652030","title":"The Lost Michelangelos (Hardback) 9780745652030","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Lost Michelangelos\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAntonio Forcellino (Author), Lucinda Byatt (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745652030, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 May 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"As much a story about the intransigence of the art establishment and the gaps in its tradition-bound methods for considering authentication claims as it is about the ultimate fate of the painting itself.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/29\/arts\/design\/the-pieta-behind-the-couch.html?pagewanted=1\u0026amp;_r=2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"An art mystery for the ages.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/opinion\/opedcolumnists\/mystery_of_the_mike_mkYLXsF1enK9OyIRWNo82J\"\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An unlikely and rather miraculous piece of art history.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ebar.com\/arts\/art_article.php?sec=outthere\u0026amp;article=321\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBay Area Reporter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In reconstructing the history of two lost paintings, Forcellino transforms the material into a cinematic plot worthy of a spy movie.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIl Manifesto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an intriguing piece of artistic detective work...Reading Forcellino's investigations is like watching a jigsaw being painstakingly pieced together.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story behind \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Michelangelos\u003c\/i\u003e has garnered a lot of media attention including features in the following news outlets:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/07\/11\/lost-michelangelo-found-i_n_894959.html\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/art\/news\/a-lost-michelangelo-art-scholar-claims-controversial-find-in-oxford-2309501.html\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2014386\/Lost-Michelangelo-masterpiece-hanging-walls-student-halls.html\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Daily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-oxfordshire-14105645\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBBC Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/home\/strange-news\/article\/15756527\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSky News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/lifestyle\/report_art-scholar-claims-lost-michelangelo-find-in-oxford-university_1564392\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily News \u0026amp; Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In compelling fashion, Antonio Forcellino traces the remarkable journey of a painting from Rome to Dubrovnik to Berlin, and finally to Buffalo, NY: could it be a masterpiece by the greatest genius of the Italian Rennaissance?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Wallace, Washington University, St Louis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Forcellino's new book reads like a detective story, draws on his expertise as a restorer and makes a good case for the rediscovery of two lost paintings by Michelangelo.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Burke, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/lifestyle\/report_art-scholar-claims-lost-michelangelo-find-in-oxford-university_1564392\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Lucinda Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book tells the remarkable story of a rare discovery: the uncovering of two lost paintings by the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Like many stories of artistic loss, this one begins in a library in Italy, where Antonio Forcellino - a distinguished Michelangelo scholar and restorer - stumbled across some unpublished letters among the papers of Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga, son of Isabella d’Este and an extremely important figure in the Italian Renaissance. These letters comment on the paintings of Michelangelo in a way that is completely at odds with what was to become the dominant critical tradition of Michelangelo scholarship, an inconsistency that set Forcellino off on a journey that took him to Dubrovnik, Oxford, New York and Niagara Falls and culminated in the discovery of two magnificent paintings: \u003ci\u003ePieta with Mary and Two Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, now in a private collection in America, and \u003ci\u003eCavalieri Crucifixion\u003c\/i\u003e, now held by an educational institution in England. Through a combination of careful historical research, extensive restoration and meticulous radiographic analysis, Forcellino shows convincingly that these paintings can be traced back to the studio of Michelangelo.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This extraordinary story, brilliantly retold, calls into question the received view of Michelangelo’s work and fills in a missing piece in our understanding of one of the greatest artists of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChapter One - Niagara\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two - Mantua, 11 June 1546\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three - Between legends and documents\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four - A movable panel\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five - Isabel Archer\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six - The meeting\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven - The wax seals\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight - Flying back from New York \u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine - Fabio Tempestivi\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten - The melancholic exile\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven - The last survivor\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve - Ragusa 1573\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirteen - The Madonna's teeth\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fourteen - The hidden drawing\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fifteen - The Stone City\u003cbr\u003eChapter Sixteen - Tempestivi's funeral\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seventeen - The island of Sipan\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eighteen - Oxford\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nineteen - Back to Buffalo\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty - Restoration\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-One - Pentimenti\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Art treatments \u0026amp; subjects [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Art treatments \u0026amp; subjects\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Art%20treatments%20\u0026amp;%20subjects%20%5BAG%5D%22\"\u003eAG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52502943367448,"sku":"9780745652030","price":10.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745652030.jpg?v=1786320172","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-lost-michelangelos-hardback-9780745652030","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}