![]() ![]() Which way to let grace enter, immerse it so Tongue says it loves you, but the heart's reply ![]() Invisible, damps it down, so these routine I wish I'd want what I don't want, Lord, at all.īetween this heart and Your fire an icy screen, One can tell Michelangelo felt this way by examining another one of Michelangelo's Poems: This poem is very important to understanding Michelangelo, because it reveals not only how he views his art in connection with God, but goes on to indicate that Michelangelo, out of all the variety of feelings and circumstances that can come into an individual life, has been burdened with a great deal of sorrow, and although he can "eye" great beauty in the world through this grief, he can only see his own "suffering soul" for which he holds God responsible.Īlthough Michelangelo did love his God, he also had a lot of anger towards him, most likely stemming from his internal struggle with his sexuality and his extreme poles of emotion. Sees only his suffering soul, racked with anxiety. Who eyes great beauty through a grief as great He'll reap the same, by pain and sorrow gnawed. (rain falls, itself as pure, but changes straight One who's flung seed of grief, pain, woe abroad Humility's there in equal parts with pride. So out of stone come noble forms or mean,Īnd, my dear lord, it's like that with your heart: The several styles: high, low, and in-between This feeling of connection between God and the creation of art can be seen very clearly through Michelangelo's own poetry:įrom ink, from pen in hand we see outflow When we have traced them to this overflow at the very springs of mental vitality, no one who thinks can fail to feel that, if human life anywhere can come into contact with the divine life, it must be here." 5 This idea is very important, because Michelangelo very much believed that his art was a direct reflection of God, and that he could come to know God better through his art. As George Raymond states in his book The Essentials of Aesthetics, "The products of art are to be ascribed to what is termed inspiration. This is not surprising since artwork and religion have been closely related since the dawn of human life and the formation of inspiration. One of the most influential forces for Michelangelo was his religious beliefs and his relationship with God. James Saslow in his book Ganymede in the Renaissance describes Tommaso as being a "hansom and cultivated Roman nobleman", who Michelangelo was attracted to due to his "intelligence, exceptional physical beauty, and deep love of art and acquisitive admiration for antique sculpture." 3 In addition, the reader should know that Michelangelo's relationship with Tommaso was the most deeply felt and long lasting love relationship of Michelangelo's life, Tommaso being amongst the most intimate loved ones at Michelangelo's death bed in 1564. Michelangelo wrote many letters and sonnets to and for Tommaso between 15. In addition, the reader should know that Michelangelo was known to have been madly in love with one of his young models, Tommaso Cavalier, who he met in 1532. Because of this it will be necessary to go through and explain areas of the poetry that are not clear. As Christopher Ryan says in the introduction to his book, The Poems, "The words of Michelangelo's poetry often do not so much carry us along in their flow as stand firmly before us, waiting for our eyes to focus more finely so that the figure or figures may emerge gradually from the solid block." 1 In addition to this, the poems were written in Michelangelo's own tongue, and not in English, so the beauty and certainly some of the subtly of meaning has been lost in the translation. Firstly, the poetry itself is filled with ellipsis and inverted word order and can be very hard to understand without a great deal of rereading and thought. This essay will be a concise discussion of the connection between poetry and the visual arts as a form of self expression, and what Michelangelo's self expression can tell us about Michelangelo as a man.īefore I begin to discuss Michelangelo's poetry and personality, there are a few facts the reader must know about both Michelangelo's life and poetry. Just as a person may learn who an author was through his writings, we can learn who Michelangelo was through his poetry and visual representations. The best way to do this is by looking at his work. There is no way to decipher what is true and what is false, with out knowing Michelangelo as a Man. There are so many legends surrounding Michelangelo's motivations and actions that it is very difficult to what is true and what is simply propaganda or intrigue. This poetry allows us not only to explore the connection between poetry and the visual arts as a form of self expression, but also Michelangelo as a man. ![]() ![]() Michelangelo, though best known for his sculpture, was also a poet. ![]()
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