Genius of Michelangelo

The Rondanini Pieta and the Late Poetry (1x35)

Air date: Jan 01, 2007

This lecture considers Michelangelo's final works. They include the Rondanini Pietà—which he worked on until a few days before dying—and a series of drawings of the Crucifixion, through which he revealed his most private thoughts and prayers and prepared himself for death.