"Original edition ©2007 TASCHEN GmbH"--Colophon

Includes 16 fold-out pages, making 8 four-page spreads

Preface / Frank Zöllner, Christof Thoenes -- Michelangelo Buonarroti, Life and work. The start of a magnificent career 1475-1491 / Frank Zöllner ; Between Florence, Bologna, and Rome 1492-1500 / Frank Zöllner ; The breakthrough in Florence 1501-1504 / Frank Zöllner ; Between Rome and Florence 1505-1508 / Frank Zöllner ; The Sistine ceiling 1508-1512 / Frank Zöllner -- The architect in Florence 1513-1534 / Christof Thoenes ; The sculptor 1513-1534 / Frank Zöllner ; Presentation drawings and Last Judgment 1534-1541 / Frank Zöllner ; The architect in Rome 1534-1564 / Christof Thoenes ; Late works: the final paintings and sculptures 1540-1564 / Frank Zöllner -- Epilogue / Frank Zöllner -- Catalogue of sculptures / Frank Zöllner -- Catalog of paintings / Frank Zöllner -- Catalogue of architecture / Christof Thoenes -- Catalogue of drawings / Thomas Pöpper, Christof Thoenes. Autodidactic sheets, c. 1490-1505/06 ; Early religious subjects, early commissions and the Julius Tomb, 1501/02-1531/32 ; The Sistine ceiling, 1508-1512 ; Anatomical and proportional drawings, 1510s-1530s ; Tombs, utensils and the New Sacristy/Medici Chapel, 1516/18-1544/45 ; Religious and mythological subjects, 1517/20-1534 ; Didactic sheets, masks and caricatures, 1504-1528 ; Divine heads and other gift drawings, 1520/25-c.1533 ; The Last Judgement and the Pauline Chapel, 1533/34-1546/47 ; Late religious drawings, 1545-c.1560 ; Other drawings and sketches of marble blocks, 1517/18-1547 ; The architectural drawings ; Tommaso de'Davalieri's collection of drawings -- Appendices -- Concordance of drawings -- Bibliographical sources for life and work -- Bibliography -- Index

"This comprehensive book explores Michelangelo's life and work with a richly illustrated biographical essay, and a complete four-part inventory of his paintings, sculptures, buildings, and drawings. Full-page reproductions and enlarged details allow readers to appreciate fine details in the artist's vast repertoire, while the book's biographical insights consider a previously unseen extent to Michelangelo's more personal traits and circumstances, such as his solitary nature, his thirst for money and commissions, his immense wealth, and his skill as a property investor. In addition, the book tackles the controversial issue of the attribution of Michelangelo drawings, an area in which decisions continue to be steered by the interests of the art market and the major collections" --