Tommaso dei Cavalieri
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
"Michelangelo met Tommaso dei Cavalieri in 1532. Michelangelo made many erotic cartoons for him, including the Rape of Ganymede, The Punishment of Tityus (showing a vulture gnawing at the hero's liver). Both these heroes symbolized the "fire that burned in him". This cycle in homage to Cavalieri was completed by a third hero, Phaethon, in his chariot hurtling down into the Po." [1] |
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Tommaso de' Cavalieri (born c. 1509/10 in Rome; died 1587 in Rome) was an Italian draughtsman and art collector.
Tommaso dei Cavalieri was a student of Michelangelo.
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Tommaso dei Cavalieri" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
