The Sistine Chapel: A Glorious Restoration

This text celebrates the nine-year restoration of one of the world's greatest masterpieces. The painting's original vivid colours are reproduced in all their glory, accompanied by authoritative essays. Essays in this volume were presented at a conference, 'Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel', held at the Vatican 26-31 March 1990 and will appear in the forthcoming Proceedings, edited by Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt.<br /><br />Contents:<br />Introduction : an account of the Restoration / Carlo Pietrangeli --<br />Observations on drawings for the Sistine Chapel / Michael Hirst --<br />The technique of the Sistine ceiling frescoes / Gianluigi Colalucci --<br />The problem of Michelangelo's assistants / Fabrizio Mancinelli --<br />The functions of Michelangelo's color / John Shearman --<br />Jonah's body language / Matthias Winner --<br />The costumes worn by the ancestors of Christ / Edward Maeder --<br />The syntax of form and posture from the ceiling to the Last judgment / Pierluigi de Vecchi --<br />The Last judgment : notes on its conservation history, technique, and restoration / Fabrizio Mancinelli, Gianluigi Colalucci, and Nazzareno Gabrielli --<br />New documents on the construction of the Sistine Chapel / Piernicola Pagliara.