Conférence : Raymond Carlson, « Michelangelo and the Salvageability of Desire », Oxford, University of Oxford, 25 octobre 2022
Tuesday 25 October, 4:30 pm St Edmund Hall, Old Dining Hall Among the hundreds of poems written by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), a substantial proportion are given to amorous topics. To whom Michelangelo addressed his love and his verses, however, has resisted definitive consensus despite attracting commentary for nearly five centuries. This talk redirects the question of identifying the object of Michelangelo’s love to how his creative output makes this knowable to history. By analyzing an...