Explore the lives of three rival artists - Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael
Contributors and experts on the epic new drama-documentary series starring Charles DancePublished: 22 November 2024
Alistair Pegg, Commissioning Editor, BBC Arts says: “We’re delighted to offer a new perspective on the Renaissance, as this series explores how some of the most famous achievements in Western art emerged out of a dark time of war and political turmoil.” Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael all work and succeed, only through the patronage of powerful ruling families. For these families, art is a means of projecting power and artists themselves a form of currency. The right image affects your standing in the world, just as it does today. Michelangelo’s fortunes rise and fall: he wins favour and riches and extraordinary commissions, before risking it all by defying his patrons and choosing sides.
Gormley has a deep interest in Art History, and a great admirer of Michelangelo’s work, particularly his obsession with the human body as a vehicle for emotions, thought, and ideas.It's impossible not to admire Michelangelo. He is in my view, the first modern artist. In other words, he manages to make - in a context of patronage - the work always his own.
He cites Michelangelo as his artistic hero, and a profound influence in his life and work, particularly his fascination with mortality, religion, and the human body.The Renaissance was the highest point of human artistry. It touches the sublime. It was a time when people came out of the Middle Ages and began to appreciate the beauty in the world, nature and in man. The fact that so many Italian masters were born around the same time is mind-boggling.
Wallace’s scholarship is notable for its in-depth analysis of Michelangelo's life, artistic process, and enduring legacy. His critically acclaimed works include Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man, and His Times and Michelangelo, God’s Architect, which delve into both the human and professional aspects of the artist.
He is particularly inspired by the universal emotions and stories that art portrays, and are best found in the art of the Italian Renaissance, which was a transformative period in Western culture.There is a reality to the Renaissance that is hard to deny: it is a celebration of the arts through power, passion, nepotism and corruption. But the Renaissance also matters to me because it's all around me.
It’s hard not to look at any work Michelangelo did and not see how much he loved the boys. Everything he does seems to exude a deep love of the male form. I am always moved by the fact his masterpiece on the ceiling of the Vatican is really a queer extravaganza. This humility allowed them to access and forge not only a new kind of art, but new ways of thinking. While God still ran the show, humanity could now stand up a little taller next to Him.
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