Michelangelo was one of the most creative and admired artists of the Italian Renaissance, famous for his work as a sculptor, painter, architect and poet. As it is impossible to move his greatest works, his genius can only be appreciated though his work as a draughtsman. In the viewing of his drawings we may trace the whole of Michelangelo's creative life. This film illustrates the finest works from three outstanding collections of his drawings in the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum and theTeyler Museum in Haarlem. The BP special exhibition Michelangelo - Closer to the Master at the British Museum, London 2006. This film includes location photography in the most famous cities of Michelangelo's work: Florence and Rome. The commentary is by Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum.
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