Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, Slade lecture 2

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RI2/18

Title

Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, Slade lecture 2

Date

6 Nov 1880

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 document of 36 pages

Previous reference codes

2056.A

Historical Background

The manuscript is dated at it's end, "Farnham Park, Bury. Written while finishing "Miriam".

Content Description

Notes by Ernest Richmond state that this is an edited draft from which a fair copy was written (RI2/24). The time taken in carrying out the work; comparison with Raphael's work. The light thrown on the work by his sonnets, its intellectual and moral content, his style. The ignorance of his followers; his grasp of form in the round, use of light and shade, that tone is primary to colouring.

Associated Material

RI2/24