Michelangelos storhet som konstnar ligger inte bara i hans stravan efter fullkomlighet och skonhet, utan aven i hans unika satt att narma sig den konstnarliga processen och platsens betydelse.
Michelangelos fresker i Sixtinska kapellet, skulpturer i Medicikapellet och andra monument bor alla forstas som dramatiserande tillskott till miljoerna de placerades i. Istallet for att anpassas och smalta in i sina omgivningar sa interagerar dessa verk med rummen, ceremonierna och musiken som fanns runtom dem. Man kan ocksa se hur konstnaren i sina ofullbordade verk och egna skrifter pekar pa en estetik under standig forhandling dar processen ar lika viktig som de fardigstallda verken.
Peter Gillgren belyser Michelangelos verk som tillkomna i en stravan att forandra och omprova den miljo som redan fanns pa plats. Det ar en nydanande och originell studie som tillfor ett nytt, oumbarligt kritiskt perspektiv till konstvetenskapen.
In English:
Michelangelo's originality as an artist lay not only in ideas about perfection and beauty, but also in his unique approach to the artistic process and art's site specificity.
Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and the sculptures of the Medici Chapel and Julius II's tomb should all be understood as dramatic interventions at their sites. Instead of adapting to and blending in with their surroundings, these are works that interact with the space, the ceremonies, and the music. In addition, the many uncompleted works and the artist's own writings point to an aesthetic of continuous processing, where the fundamentals remain as important as the finished work.
In Siting Michelangelo, Peter Gillgren investigates Michelangelo's works as conceived with the aim of altering and rearranging what was already in place. Gillgren's study shows that not only must we look closely at works of art, but we must fully consider them as embodiments of their sitedness. This original and thought-provoking book applies a fresh critical perspective to the essentials of the discipline of art history.
