The Routledge Companion to Medieval Iconography (Routledge Art History and Visual Studies Companions)

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Contextualizing Michelangelo＊s poetry and spirituality within the framework of the religious Zeitgeist of his era, this study investigates his poetic production to shed new light on the artist＊s religious beliefs and unique language of art. Author Ambra Moroncini looks first and foremost at Michelangelo the poet and proposes a thought-provoking reading of Michelangelo＊s most controversial artistic production between 1536 and c.1550:
, his devotional drawings made for Vittoria Colonna, and his last frescoes for the Pauline Chapel. Using theological and literary analyses which draw upon reformist and Protestant scriptural writings, as well as on Michelangelo＊s own
and Vittoria Colonna＊s spiritual lyrics, Moroncini proposes a compelling argument for the impact that the Reformation had on one of the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance. It brings to light how, in the second quarter of the sixteenth century in Italy, Michelangelo＊s poetry and aesthetic conception were strongly inspired by the revived
of evangelical spirituality, rather than by the
of Catholic teaching.