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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling

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by Ross King


  Brahms, Johannes 147

  Bramante (Donato d’Angelo Lazzari) 7

  alleged plots against Michelangelo 10, 11–12, 13, 20, 25–6, 39, 172, 216

  appearance and personality 6, 11, 13, 14

  competition with Sangallo 7, 66–7

  death 286

  as fresco painter 20–1

  and Julius II I4–15, 138, 199

  as military architect 33, 209

  Palazzo Caprini 287

  portraits (Raphael) 135, 136, 170

  and Raphael 92, 96, 110, 172, 216, see also portraits (above)

  and Sistine scaffolding 49, 50–1

  Vatican improvements 15–16, 16, 92, 114, 138, 152

  Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi) 92, 114

  Brescia 89, 233, 238

  bronze casting 38

  Buffalmacco (Buonamico Cristofani): The Triumph of Death 98

  Bugiardini, Giuliano 65, 67, 75, 157, 180

  buon fresco see fresco painting

  Buonarroti, Buonarroto 30, 31, 154, 195, 196, 262, 271, 290

  and Michelangelo 71, 72–3, 75, 141, 195, 270, 271, 290

  Michelangelo’s letters to 39, 41, 75, 153, 154, 187, 198, 215, 239, 262, 265, 270

  Buonarroti, Cassandra 31, 73–4, 153–4

  Buonarroti, Francesco 31, 73

  Buonarroti, Giovansimone 30, 31, 71–2, 73, 74, 76, 141–2, 154–5, 290

  Buonarroti, Lionardo 30, 31, 88, 180

  Buonarroti, Lodovico 30, 70, 74–5, 153–4, 196, 261, 290

  and Michelangelo 21, 70–1, 103, 254

  Michelangelo’s letters to 72, 73, 97, 102, 117, 141, 142–3, 153–4, 195, 241, 268, 271–2, 276, 277

  Buonarroti, Michelangelo see Michelangelo

  Buonarroti, Sigismondo 30, 31, 142, 154, 200, 290

  Burke, Edmund: Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful 220

  Caesar, Julius 130, 199

  Calcagnini, Celio 106

  Cambrai, League of 128–9

  Canigiani, Domenico 126

  Canossa, house of 70

  Capanna, Puccio 45

  Capranica: St Mary Magdalene’s 147n

  Cardiere (lute-player) 158

  Cardona, Ramón 231, 261, 269, 276

  besieges Bologna 233, 237–8

  defeated in battle of Ravenna 242, 243

  and sack of Prato 266, 267–8

  Carnevale, Domenico 229, 293

  Carrara marble 4–5, 88

  cartoons 23, 45, 84, 174

  for The Battle of Cascina (Michelangelo) 23, 24, 25

  for The School of Athens (Raphael) 173–5, 174

  see also Sistine Chapel frescoes

  Casali, Giovanni Battista 169, 179–80

  Castagno, Andrea del 13, 71

  Castiglione, Baldassare 199

  Cavalcante, Giovanni 183

  Cavalieri, Tommaso de’ 184

  Cavalli, Scossa 211

  Cavallini (Pietro dei Cerroni) 44

  Cennini, Cennino: Il Libro dell’arte 119–20

  Charles VIII, of France 86, 87, 129, 158, 246, 276

  Chaumont, Maréchal 197

  Chigi, Agostino 107, 210, 235, 287

  Christo 295

  Ciarli, Magia 106

  Cicero 211, 263

  Cimabue (Giovanni Cenni di Pepi) 44–5, 71, 250

  Città di Castello: Sant’Agostino 93

  Civitavecchia 194

  Coccapani, Marco 237

  Colalucci, Gianluigi 294, 295

  Colonna, Pompeo 222, 224, 234

  Condivi, Ascanio 11–12

  The Life of Michelangelo 12, 13, 22, 50, 58, 71, 86, 101, 103, 104, 119, 138–9, 147, 148, 161, 182, 215, 216, 217, 229, 230, 233, 248, 249, 254, 278, 279, 296

  Constance, Council of (1414) 213

  contrapposto 109, 110, 260

  Cooke, George, and Busby, T. L.: The

  Cartoons of Raphael d’Urbino 175n

  Cremona 89

  Croesus, King of Lydia 160

  Cungi, Leonardo 291

  Dante Alighieri 86, 135, 210

  Divine Comedy 28–9, 163, 199, 273

  dissection of corpses 146–8

  Domenico Veneziano 13

  Dominicans 57, 62, 85–6, 88, 180

  Donatello (Donato di Niccolò) 109, 144

  St Mark 109

  Doni, Agnolo 22, 63, 126

  Dürer, Albrecht 241

  Egidio da Viterbo (Egidio Antonini) 56, 89, 133, 135, 136

  and Augustinian Conventualist appeal 200, 201, 203

  meets Erasmus 165

  oratorical prowess and sermons 56–7, 178, 199, 252–3

  as the Pope’s propagandist 57, 133–4, 162–3, 164

  Erasmus, Desiderius 164, 164–7, 252

  Julius Excluded from Heaven 168, 168, 199

  The Praise of Folly 166, 167, 168, 169

  Erfurt, Germany: Augustinian monastery 200

  Este, Alfonso d’ see Ferrara, Duke of Este, Isabella d’ 205

  Evangelista di Pian di Meleto 93

  Faenza 29, 89, 129

  Falcone, Silvio 283

  fattorini 75

  Ferdinand, King of Spain 251

  Ferrara 167, 177, 178, 193, 211, 222, 259, 260–1

  Ferrara, Alfonso d’Este, Duke of 167, 179, 232, 234, 260

  defeats Venetians 167–8, 177, 178

  Julius’s campaign against 178, 192–3, 205, 208, 211, 258–262

  and siege of Ravenna 242, 243, 244

  visits Sistine Chapel 257, 258, 259–60

  Ficino, Marsilio 58, 183

  figura serpentinata 152

  Florence 30, 43–4, 246, 268

  Baptistery doors (Ghiberti) 60–1, 143, 160, 207, 228, 228

  Brancacci Chapel frescoes (Masolino) 109

  Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore) 30, 86, 87, 267

  dowries 74

  floods 85, 87, 97–8

  Garden of San Marco (school) 2, 21, 22, 38, 58, 183, 248

  guilds 30, 118, 121

  Julius’s campaign against 177, 232, 261, 265, 266–7, 268–71

  Orsanmichele (St Mark) 109

  Otto di Guardia 92

  Palazzo della Signoria 22, 23, 95, 269

  Piazza della Signoria 3, 85

  pigments from 62–3, 82, 117–18

  Porta al Prato 266

  San Bonifazio hospital 67–8

  San Giusto alle Mura convent 62, 82, 121

  San Lorenzo 75, 157

  San Marco convent 86, 180

  Santa Maria Novella 23, 44, 228; see also Tornabuoni Chapel (below)

  Santa Maria Nuova (bank) 196 and n, 198, 263, 268, 271

  Santa Trìnita (frescoes) 44, 160

  Savonarola 85–7, 264, 276

  and the Medici 18, 86, 87, 266, 267, 269–71

  Tornabuoni Chapel (Ghirlandaio frescoes) 21, 42, 46, 47, 53–4, 65, 67, 101, 121, 132, 149, 188

  via dei Benticcordi 64

  via Ghibellina 262

  wool trade 30, 72

  Foix, General Gaston de 237–8, 242, 245–6, 251, 255

  foreshortening 25–6, 240–1, 260, 276, 279

  Forlì 34, 194

  Francesco di Giovanni (Francione) 18

  François I, of France 66n, 186

  Franciscans 28, 225

  Freddi, Felice de’ 152

  fresco painting 43–7

  a secco 100–1, 296

  arriccio 47, 52, 76

  buon fresco 101, 121, 296

  and efflorescence and mildew 97–101

  intonaco 45–6, 47, 52, 80–1, 98, 99–100

  paintbrushes 122–3

  pentimenti (corrections) 83–4

  preparatory stages 47, 52, 77–81, see also cartoons

  spolvero 45, 84, 122, 173, 188

  Gallerani, Cecilia 186

  Garden of San Marco see Florence

  Genoa 177, 178

  Gesuati, the 62–3, 82, 118, 120

  Ghiberti, Lorenzo 98

  Florence Ba
ptistery ‘Door of Paradise’ 60–1, 143, 160, 207, 228, 228

  Ghirlandaio, Benedetto 21, 22

  Ghirlandaio, Davide 21

  Ghirlandaio, Domenico 21, 71, 98, 149, 241

  assistants and pupils 21, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 101, 104, 121, 145, 165, 253

  Convent of San Giusto alle Mura frescoes 62

  death 66

  and Michelangelo 21–2, 119, 145, 296

  Sassetti Chapel (Florence) fresco 160

  Sistine Chapel frescoes 18, 48, 115, 149

  Tornabuoni Chapel frescoes 21, 42, 46, 47, 53–4, 101, 121, 132, 149, 188

  Ghirlandaio, Ridolfo 21, 66

  Ghisi, Adamo 292

  Giannotti, Donato 104

  Giorgione 210

  giornate 46, 83, 84

  Giotto di Bondone 44, 45, 71, 226, 250

  Camposanto, Pisa 98

  Scrovegni Chapel (Padua) frescoes 124, 144

  Giovanna Feltria 95, 96

  Giovanni da Pistoia: Michelangelo’s letter to 155–6, 156

  Giovio, Paolo, Bishop of Nocera 136, 137, 227

  Michaelis Angeli Vita 81, 103

  Giulio Romano 288

  Godfrey the Hunchback 70

  Goethe, Johann von 296

  Gonzaga, Federico 205, 222, 223, 224, 235, 259

  Gonzaga, Francesco, Marquis of Mantua 204–5

  Gonzaga, Isabella 223, 235

  Granacci, Francesco 64, 64–5, 105, 248

  friendship with Michelangelo 63–4, 65, 67, 69, 119, 157

  recruits Michelangelo’s assistants 63, 65, 68, 76, 102

  Grassi, Paride de’:

  military expeditions with Julius 194, 213

  on murder of Alidosi 212

  as papal master of ceremonies 51–2, 57, 205, 251, 253, 256, 285n

  and Pope’s illnesses and death 222, 283, 284

  suggestions for Borgia apartments 90

  graticolare 173

  Great Schism (1378–1417) 28, 213

  Gregory XI, Pope 252

  Guicciardini, Francesco 208

  Hadrian VI, Pope 292, 293n

  Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli 54, 55

  Haereticae Pravitatis Inquisitor (Master of the Sacred Palace) 57–8

  Haman 272–4, 274

  Heliodorus 190–1, 233, 234

  Henry VII, of England 164, 166

  Henry VIII, of England 166, 231, 232, 251, 256

  Heraclitus (pensieroso) 218–19, 219, 265

  Holy League 231, 232–3, 237, 242, 245, 258, 262, 267, 268, 271

  Homer 210, 219

  The Iliad 58, 179

  homosexuality 183–4, 202

  Ignudi see Sistine Chapel frescoes

  Imperia (courtesan) 186, 211

  Indaco see Torni, Jacopo

  indulgences, papal 29

  Inghirami, Tommaso ‘Fedro’ 108, 136, 165, 252, 284

  intonaco see fresco painting

  Jacopo di Francesco, Fra 62–3, 120

  Jerome, St 190

  ‘Jews, racing of the’ 176

  John XXIII, antipope 213

  John Paul I, Pope 293n

  Julius II, Pope (Giuliano della Rovere):

  and Alexander VI 27, 36, 90, 136

  appearance 8, 9, 198–9, 238

  birth and early career 27

  and Bramante 13–16, 20, 25–6, 49, 92, 138, 199, 216

  Caesar complex 130, 199

  character 3, 8–9, 130–1, 133–4, 139, 140

  children 28, 33

  death and funeral 283–4

  and Egidio da Viterbo 57, 133–4, 162–3

  elected Pope 27–9, 116

  and Erasmus 164–7, 168, 169, 199

  and Alfonso d’Este 178, 192–3, 205, 208, 211, 258–259, 261–262

  as Francophobe 177–8, 192, 199, 205

  friendship with Alidosi 36, 212–13

  and Holy League 231–3, 237, 242, 245, 257, 262, 267, 268, 271

  illnesses 196–200, 202, 204, 220, 221–4

  and Laocoön 152

  and Lateran Council 251–2, 253

  and Michelangelo 8, 9–10, 31–2, 35, 36–7, 132, 134, 172

  Michelangelo’s audiences with 37, 196, 198, 199, 205

  Michelangelo’s statue of 34–5, 37, 39–41, 42, 43, 63, 184, 185, 232, 246

  Michelangelo’s tomb for 2, 3–5, 4, 7–8, 10, 23, 26, 30, 43, 152, 282–3, 284, 285, 289, 289

  military campaigns 29, 32–4, 89, 90, 128–31, 164, 167, 176–80, 191–4, 200, 204–5, 207–9, 211–14, 231–3, 237–8, 242–4, 245–6, 255–6, 262, 266–8

  and miracle at Bolsena 254

  mistresses 28

  portraits 132, 134 (Michelangelo), 135, 217, 233, 234–5, 236, 255 (Raphael)

  and rebuilding of St Peter’s 5–6, 7

  and Sistine Chapel 16, 20, 25–6, 31–2, 49, 52, 53, 54, 56, 138–40, 215–16, 239, 278, 280, 281

  and Stanza della Segnatura frescoes 90–1, 92, 108, 114, 135, 136, 137, 139, 169, 187, 217

  Lactantius 160

  Divine Institutions 162

  Laghi, Simone 293

  Laocoön 151, 151–2, 275

  Lapo d’Antonio 39–40, 68, 102, 300n3

  Leo X, Pope 285, 287, 288, 291, 292

  Leonardo da Vinci 11, 38, 241, 246

  appearance 199, 250

  bridge design 31n

  competition with Michelangelo 22–3, 25, 90, 109, 174

  dislike of Michelangelo 22, 110

  Raphael’s depiction as Plato 170–1

  Treatise on Painting 146

  treatment of models 144

  Works:

  Adoration of the Magi 62, 170

  The Battle of Anghiari 23, 24, 25, 43, 109

  Lady with an Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani) 186

  Last Supper 22, 78, 143

  Leda and the Swan 110–11, 111

  Mona Lisa 110, 186

  Virgin and Child with Saint Anne 109–10

  Limoges, Council of (1031) 199

  Lippi, Fra Filippo 19

  Lippomano, Girolamo 207, 208, 209, 222, 223, 256

  Livy 159

  Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo 43

  Lombardo, Antonio 260

  Lotti (Lodovico del Buono) 39, 40, 102

  Lotto, Lorenzo 92

  Louis XII, of France 129–30, 129

  invasion of Italy 128

  and League of Cambrai 128–9

  relations with the Pope 89, 129, 131–2, 177, 191, 199, 213, 221, 223, 252

  summons Council 213, 221, 252

  and war with Pope 177, 194, 197, 199, 232, 237, 238, 245, 251, 255–6, 266

  Louis XIV, of France 110

  Lucca: San Frediano 47

  lunettes see Sistine Chapel frescoes

  Luther, Martin 200–3, 201, 210, 292

  Luti, Margherita 235, 287, 288

  Maccabees, Books of 190–1, 192

  Machiavelli, Niccolò 159, 242, 267, 268, 269, 269–70

  The Prince 270

  Magnus, Marcus Antonius 129

  Maintenon, Madame de 110

  Maitani, Lorenzo: pilaster 328n

  Malermi, Niccolò: Biblia vulgare istoriata

  189–90, 191

  Malvezzi, Giulio 198, 199

  Manini, Domenico 79

  Mannerism 291

  Mantegna, Andrea 25

  Camera degli Sposi 25

  Mantua 167

  Manuel, King of Portugal 162

  Marçillat, Guillaume de 92

  Marcus Aurelius, equestrian statue of 41

  martellinatura 47

  Martin V, Pope 213

  Masaccio 248

  Masolino da Panicale: Temptation in the Garden 109

  Matilda of Tuscany 70

  Maximilian, Holy Roman Emperor 128, 211, 213, 231, 255

  Mazzuoli, Annibale 293

  Medici, Giovanni de’ see Leo X, Pope

  Medici, Giuliano de’ 186, 238, 267, 269, 287

  Medici, Lorenzo de’ (‘the Magnificent’) 6, 18, 54, 86, 151, 158, 270

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nbsp; children 267, 270, 285

  death foretold 266

  and Garden of San Marco 2, 21

  Medici, Piero de’ 158, 267, 270

  Michelangelo Buonarroti:

  appearance 1, 2, 199, 249, 250

  apprenticeship and education 2, 21, 22, 38, 58, 64, 77, 119, 144

  biographies see Condivi, Ascanio; Vasari, Giorgio

  birth and childhood 2, 31

  and Bramante’s ‘plots’ see Bramante

  character and personality 8, 11, 12, 37, 40, 70, 102, 103–4, 106, 140, 158, 163–4, 171, 262–3, 264–5

  competition with Leonardo 22–3, 25, 90, 109, 174

  death and burial 290

  designs Swiss Guards’ uniforms 255

  dispute with Torrigiano 13

  and dissection of corpses 147–8

  early sketches and drawings 149, 150

  engineering aspirations 31n, 49

  entertains Alfonso d’Este 257, 258, 259–60

  and excavation of Laocoön 152

  and family 30–1, 70–4, 124, 126–7, 141–2, 153–5, 180, 195–6, 200, 205–6, 262, 271–2, 290

  and Florence 30, 246, 268, 270–1, 276

  friendships 63–4, 65, 104, 155, 157, 158, 180, 198

  illnesses 142–3, 153, 157

  and Julius II see under Julius II

  memory 161

  models 144–6, 147, 150, 207

  and Perugino 91–2

  poetry 134, 155, 156, 180, 184–5, 249, 265

  and political situation 241, 246, 268, 269, 270–1

  portrait (Raphael) 218–20, 264

  purchases farm (La Loggia) 262–3, 282

  and Raphael 92–3, 171–2, 174–5, 218, 220, 290

  and Savonarola 85, 86, 87–8, 276

  and Schongauer’s Temptation of St Anthony 248

  views on sex 182–3, 184–5

  workshops 1–2, 8, 30, 103, 282–3, 285

  Works:

  The Battle of Cascina 23, 24, 25, 31, 55, 59, 66, 78, 79, 81, 82, 171, 191, 276

  Battle of the Centaurs 58, 82, 152, 276

  Bruges Madonna 161

  David (bronze) 38

  David (marble) 3, 5, 22, 79, 144, 148, 149, 189

  Holy Family 22, 62–3, 119, 126, 161

  Leda and the Swan 261

  Pietà 2–3, 5, 88, 161, 182

  Pitti Tondo 161

  self-portraits 249, 264

  statue of Julius II see under Julius II

  tomb of Julius II see under Julius II

  see also Sistine Chapel frescoes

  Michi, Giovanni 75–6, 180, 205

  Milan 177, 178, 194, 203, 231, 232, 233, 246, 251, 252

  Mirandola 199, 204, 205, 207–9

  Montelupo, Raffaello da 289

  Mordecai 272, 273

  More, Sir Thomas 166

  morellone 123, 131, 226

  Mountjoy, Lord 166

  nudes 4, 110, 143–5, 149, 186, 206, 206, 207

  see also Ignudi under Sistine Chapel frescoes

  Oddi clan 94

  Onias 234

  Oracula sibyllina 159, 161

  Orsini, the 222

  Orvieto: Cathedral 254

 

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