Il Divino. Homage to Michelangelo
dal 5/2/2015 al 24/5/2015
Segnalato da
5/2/2015
Il Divino. Homage to Michelangelo
Bundeskunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
Works by important artists of the last five centuries who engaged in a dialogue with Michelangelo's work
The exhibition explores the enormous influence Michelangelo had and continues to have on European art from the Renaissance to the present. It shows works by important artists of the last five centuries who engaged in a dialogue with Michelangelo's work and his artistic principles. The potential and the continued relevance and immediacy of Michelangelo's art is evident in the way artists such as, Raphael, Pontormo, Allori, Giambologna, Annibale Carracci, Caravaggio, Rubens, Fuseli, Rodin, Cezanne, Moore, Mapplethorpe or Lupertz responded to it. The exhibition is thematically organised and starts with Michelangelo's great themes and creations - such as the sculptural treatment of the nude or the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel - which are presented in the form of casts, artists' copies and photographs. A wide range of works 'after' Michelangelo trace the impact of the Renaissance master who has been revered - occasionally with cult-like fervour - as 'divinely gifted' and as the first free artist. Curators: Georg Satzinger and Sebastian Schutze.