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Tommaso dei Cavalieri (c. 1512 to 1519 —1587) was an Italian nobleman, who was the object of the greatest expression of Michelangelo's love. Michelangelo was 57 years old when he met Cavalieri in 1532.
May 4, 2018 · Between 1532 and 1533, the 57-year-old Michelangelo gave six highly finished drawings on mythological and allegorical subjects to the art-loving young Roman nobleman Tommaso de’ Cavalieri, who was the great love of the painter-sculptor-architect’s long and often solitary life.
Jul 26, 2019 · Abstract. Tommaso de’Cavalieri is best known as the young man who attracted Michelangelo’s passionate attention in the early 1530s. The recipient of drawings, poems, and letters from the artist, Cavalieri was also a high ranking member of Roman society. This article details the traces of Cavalieri’s public reputation at the time of his ...
Michelangelo’s expression of the dual nature of love reveals a conflict between erotic and Platonic desire during the Cavalieri period. An understanding of Michelangelo and Tommaso’s relationship, and of the context for acceptable Platonic love and forbidden sexual desire between men or boys, is essential for understanding these poems and ...
Drawings dedicated to Tommaso dei Cavalieri. In 1532, Michelangelo was 57 when he met the 17-year-old Tommaso dei Cavalieri, who came from a well-respected patrician family. The artist was immediately and utterly smitten by the youth's beauty, distinguished appearance, and intellect, and their meeting marked the beginning of a lifelong ...
Creator: Michelangelo Buonarroti. Date Created: 1 Gennaio 1533. Michelangelo Italian Renaissance Renaissance. The letter shows the friendly relationship and mutual respect between Michelangelo and...
Published 2020. Art. chelangelo abandoned his home and moved to Rome. At the age of fifty-seven, he built a new life and circle of friends. One such companion was Tommaso Cavalieri, an art collector and antiquarian.
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