Reference code
RI2/24
Title
Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, Slade lecture 2 (fair copy)
Date
1880
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 document of 22 pages
Previous reference codes
2056.B
Historical Background
Delivered at Oxford on December 3rd 1880.
Content Description
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
RI2/18