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Soul and Body in Michelangelo

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If we were to ask Michelangelo why we look the way we do, he would answer that this is primarily due to the action of our soul upon our body. In other words, he would say that it is our soul, or the intellective part of it, that makes us human and organizes and beautifies our body accordingly. This essay shows how these beliefs come from a number of sources that were of upmost importance to the great sculptor, such as Plato and Aristotle, but also Dante, Petrarch, Girolamo Savonarola, Marsilio Ficino.
After reviewing the rich tradition that led Michelangelo and most of his contemporaries to think that a man’s soul can be “seen” in his body, the book turnes to the relevant beliefs of some more recent authors about some of whose ideas concerning the human soul Michelangelo is likely to have read or heard.
In the end, we find a discussion of those famous works that most seem to evoke a sense of “soul” or “inner being” in viewers today.

Se chiedessimo a Michelangelo perché abbiamo un certo aspetto, risponderebbe che ciò è dovuto principalmente all’influsso dell’anima sul nostro corpo. In altre parole, direbbe che è la nostra anima, o la sua parte intellettiva, che ci rende umani e di conseguenza plasma e abbellisce il nostro corpo.
Questo saggio mostra come queste credenze provengano da alcune fonti che furono di fondamentale importanza per il grande scultore: Platone e Aristotele, ma anche Dante, Petrarca, Girolamo Savonarola, Marsilio Ficino. Dopo aver passato in rassegna la ricca tradizione che portò Michelangelo e la maggior parte dei suoi contemporanei a pensare che l’anima di un uomo potesse essere “vista” nel suo corpo, il libro si rivolge a teorie di autori più recenti, per poi concludersi con una digressione su alcuni capolavori che sembrano evocare maggiormente nello spettatore un’idea di “anima” o di “essere interiore”.

If we were to ask Michelangelo why we look the way we do, he would answer that this is primarily due to the action of our soul upon our body. In other words, he would say that it is our soul, or the intellective part of it, that makes us human and organizes and beautifies our body accordingly. This essay shows how these beliefs come from a number of sources that were of upmost importance to the great sculptor, such as Plato and Aristotle, but also Dante, Petrarch, Girolamo Savonarola, Marsilio Ficino.
After reviewing the rich tradition that led Michelangelo and most of his contemporaries to think that a man’s soul can be “seen” in his body, the book turnes to the relevant beliefs of some more recent authors about some of whose ideas concerning the human soul Michelangelo is likely to have read or heard. 
In the end, we find a discussion of those famous works that most seem to evoke a sense of “soul” or “inner being” in viewers today.

Polistampa, 2025

Pagine: 120

Caratteristiche: ill. b/n, 29 tavv. col. f.t., br.

b/w ills, 29 col plates out of text, paperback

Formato: 17x24

ISBN: 978-88-596-2475-2

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Universitario | Storia dell'Arte, 9

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