1st Edition

Sonnets of Michelangelo

By Michelangelo Copyright 2002
    108 Pages
    by Routledge

    108 Pages
    by Routledge

    Michelangelo's poems are like the letters of other artists: they range from formal words of thanks to passionate argument; they flatter patrons, address lovers - and God. As in his sculpture, Elizabeth Jennings remarks, so in the poems, the dominating feature is vehement energy, an energy which is mastered by a longing for order.

    Introduction; Translator’s Note; The Sonnets

    Biography

    Michelangelo