From March 6th to March 28th, a book exhibition “The Prometheus of the Renaissance” timed to the 540th birth anniversary of Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475–1564) runs in the Fine arts reading room (auditorium 306).
Michelangelo was a man of the universal genius. The artist has a mighty creative imagination, and his versatile talent manifested in painting, architecture and poetry, but first of all in sculpture. Foreseeing clearly a form hidden in the inert matter, he "saved" it from nonexistence cutting from a marble block “all superfluous”.
The master’s creativity as a brilliant final stage of the Italian Renaissance had played a great role in the development of European art, prepared in many respects the becoming of mannerism, and exerted a big influence on the art of baroque. His fresco in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican, statues of David and Moses, St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome are the common property of mankind.
The offered exhibition presents both home and foreign editions. Albums and books, reproductions and sets of postcards with the artist’s works, Michelangelo’s poetry, and also journal publications and other material will allow familiarizing with the great master’s creativity.
Over 70 documents are on display.
The exhibition is designed for all who are interested in the Renaissance art and the creativity of Michelangelo Buonarotti.
Contact telephone: (375 17) 293 27 53.
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