La correspondance de Michel-Ange
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Abstract EN:
This study is based on g. Poggi's posthumous edition of the correspondence of michelangelo, which includes one thousand four hundred letters in five volumes. The first part of the study is a detailed examination of the corpus, and presents a historical account of the publication of this correspondence while giving particular consideration to the manuscripts in order to distinguish originals from drafts and copies. Then the criteria used by publishers to decide what was to be printed are studied, the correspondence is sorted chronologically, the way the letters are spread over the years is examined, and the artist's different correspondents are reviewed. The second part of this study is an analysis of the information contained in the letters about the sort of man michelangelo was. First of all his everyday life and his health are investigated, and then what his correspondence tells us about his relations with his family, essentially with his nephew, leonardo, and with his father, lodovico, and his brothers. Other elements contained in the letters tell us about the people michelangelo was acquainted with, such as his relations with his friends, or throw light on the way he viewed the world, such as his ideas on religion, and on the cultural and politico-social life of his day. The third part analyzes information concerning the artist. First the relations he had with the various people who commissioned his works are examined, then the way michelangelo worked with other artists, as well as with his different collaborators - such as stonecutters - and with his assistants
Abstract FR:
Cette etude est basee sur la correspondance de michel-ange a partir de l'edition posthume de g. Poggi qui comporte mille quatre cent quatre lettres reparties sur cinq volumes. La premiere partie de l'etude s'attache a examiner en details le corpus, en etablissant un historique de l'edition de cette correspondance, en se penchant sur les manuscrits pour distinguer les originaux des brouillons et copies de lettres. Il s'agit ensuite d'examiner les criteres de retranscription des editeurs et d'etablir une chronologie de la correspondance, d'examiner sa repartition et les differents correspondants de l'artiste. La deuxieme partie de cette etude analyse les lettres en degageant les informations qui permettent d'avoir une vision de l'homme michel-ange. Sont etudiees tout d'abord sa vie quotidienne et sa sante, puis comment la correspondance eclaire l'etude des relations qu'il entretenait avec sa famille, pour l'essentiel avec son neveu leonardo, puis avec son pere lodovico et avec ses freres. D'autres elements dans les lettres apportent des renseignements sur l'entourage de michel-ange : les relations qu'il avait avec ses anis, ainsi que sa conception du monde : ses idees sur la religion, sur la vie culturelle et politico-sociale de son temps. La troisieme partie analyse les informations apportees sur l'artiste. Sont examines dans un premier temps les rapports avec ses differents commanditaires, puis la facon dont michel-ange travaillait avec les autres artistes, ensuite avec ses differents collaborateurs - comme les tailleurs de pierre par exemple - et enfin avec ses aides