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FROM GROTESQUE TO VKSKON: THE JOURNEY OF THE POETKC KMAGKNATKON KN MKCHELANGEIL0 9 S ART IN MEMORY OF SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG MICHELANGELO'S POETIC IMAGINATION can be approached in many ways. We can follow various threads through the rich tapestry of his fantasy, which is not to say we can ever completely fathom the complex weave of his poetic wanderings. Even so, I will endeavor in the itinerary we follow here to isolate and explore several episodes in the journey of Michelangelo's poetic imagination in the hope of enriching our understanding of his pictorial poetry, of drawing nearer to the mystery of his creative powers. What I present here is tentative, hypothetical; my offering is suggestive, for no such exploration can be definitive. Let us begin with a sheet of paper now in the British Museum, which is teeming with Michelangelo's thoughts, both verbal and visive, datable toward 1505, when he was almost 30 years old (Hartt, Michelangelo no. 22). On the recto we find a rapid sketch, possibly influenced by Leonardo, for the artist's unrealized Battle of Cascina, planned for the Palazzo della Signoria to celebrate a Florentine victory over the Pisans. There are also sketches for one
Explorations in Renaissance Culture – Brill
Published: Dec 2, 1997
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