- Hardcover: 207 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co; First edition edition (1 Jan 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0201523957
- ISBN-13: 978-0201523959
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,471,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Recounts Michelangelo's creation of the Sistine Chapel ceiling and discusses modern efforts to restore the artwork.
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Good Riddance, Waldemar Januszczak
28 Sep 1997
Format:Paperback
I picked up this book at the library while searching for information on the restoration of the Sistine Chapel. Despite the claims of the beautifully designed jacket, this book has nothing to do with anything but Janusczcak's love affair with his own writing. The information relevant to Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel, Nippon Television, or the restoration process could have been condensed into less than thirty pages. To be fair, I slogged through the entire book, and now I'll never get those minutes of my life back. SAYONARA MICHELANGELO is a celebration of onanistic writing. Facts seem to be nothing more than ornamentation for Januszczak's (deep) purple flights of fancy. This is not a resource for anything but Waldemar's little fantasies, and as a novel, the plot's kinda thin. Save your shekels for one of Amazon's many other fine offerings.
Fun Read
15 July 2011
Format:Paperback
I am glad I read the book before I read the other reviews. I am not sure what the other reviewers were looking for, maybe a straightforward art history book? This book is a little about the technical and financial aspects of the Sistine ceiling restoration of the 80s (and the widespread restoration movement of that decade); a little about the history, politics and art of the Renaissance; a little about the relationship between and personalities of Michealangelo and Julius II; a little about Japanese experience with Christendom; a little about the controversy surrounding the restoration; and a lot about the mythology of genius that impedes our ability to see the artist as a human and the work of an artist as an expression of that humanity. If you want a book with straight up facts and no flowery flights of fiction fantasy put in just for fun, this isn't for you. If you only appreciate writing that is clean and lean, ala Hemingway, this probably isn't for you. But, if you want a book that somehow gives you a deeper understanding of art in the context of culture, and particularly Michealango's art and the art of the Renaissance, then I would recommend it. I have seen the Sistine Chapel in person, and I was in Italy when the restoration efforts were in full swing. I wish I would have read this book before that trip.
1 of 7 people found the following review helpful
THIS IS A VERY INTRESTING BOOK-I LIKED IT
27 July 1999
Format:Hardcover
THIS IS A BOOK THAT WILL DEFINETLY TEACH YOU ALOT ABOUT ART. BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THE AUTHOR REALLY KNEW WHAT HE WAS SAYING. THE BOOK DIDN'T HAVE A REAL POINT
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