Exhibit, book explore religious works of Michelangelo, daVinci
THE JERSEY JOURNAL
By Rev. Alexander Santora
Sixteenth-century Florence, Italy, produced two of the greatest artists in history -- Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, both of whom infused religious art with new techniques and insights that are still being studied and appreciated today. As a Holy Rosary grammar school boy, I was one of the 27 million visitors to the 1964-65 World's Fair in Queens, and the one image that remains with me is Michelangelo's Pieta. It was nowhere to be found, though, at the spectacular exhibit, "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer," at the Metropolitan Museum until Feb. 12. Religious themes and figures also preoccupied Leonardo da Vinci, who lived around the same time -- April 15, 1452, to May 2, 1519 -- though he was younger when he died. "Leonardo da Vinci," by Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster; 2017; $35. [More]
By Rev. Alexander Santora
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| "John the Baptist" by Leonardo daVinci appears in the 2017 book "Leonardo daVinci" by Walter Isaacson. |
