Jonathan Jones: "The Lost Battles"
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-10-29/jonathan-jones-lost-battles
In the early 1500s, the city of Florence, Italy, created a competition between two larger than life Renaissance figures: Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. To glorify the political power of the Florentine Republic, the city commissioned these two artists to paint frescoes on opposite walls in an important public building. The sketches they each produced were stunning works of art which offered dramatically different perspectives on the human condition and the nature of war. In a new book, art historian Jonathan Jones details the lives of these men, the competition between them and how their contrasting visions of mankind continue to influence art and culture today. Please join us to talk about the lives and works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
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Jonathan Jones
art historian and art critic, The Guardian
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Excerpted from The "Lost Battles" by Jonathan Jones. Copyright © 2012 by Jonathan Jones. Excerpted by permission of Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from Random House, Inc.
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Diane, Re Michelangelo's *David,* please make sure your guest clarifies that the original David is not in the Palazzo Vecchio today. It is located in the Galleria d'Academia in Florence. The one in the Palazzo Vecchio is a copy. Many of your listeners may not know this. Thank you.
Linda Stephan
Adjunct Professor of Art History
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
If I remember correctly, the Medici was running a kind of training grounds for artists that Michelangelo attended and had fond memories of according to his writings. Being that he is well known for being aggressively opinionated, I wonder if there was any negative feelings toward the republican body that ran the Medici off and if there is anything left in his writings or accounts that, maybe, he was reluctant to carry out a commission for them.
I am a big fan of your show. I especially enjoyed the fascinating show today on Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. It really brought those historical figures to life! I hope to get the book.
I am a big fan of your show. I especially enjoyed the fascinating show today on Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. It really brought those historical figures to life! I hope to get the book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhLNwsrNNI
I am a former art teacher and I used to talk about this with my high school students. I found this video on youtube and the kids loved it.
"The best artist ever"