Discover Michelangelo: Drawings
An artists’ book that traces the career of the Renaissance genius through the largest and most comprehensive collection of drawings and sketches housed at the British Museum.
75 DRAWINGS FROM THE RENAISSANCE MAN
Delve into a one-of-a-kind collection featuring drawings that span from his 20s to days before his death, many die-cut and reproduced at their original scale.
AN INSATIABLE QUEST FOR PERFECTION
Michelangelo tirelessly produced countless drawings in his painstaking research into the human body, exploring its anatomy, volumes and three-dimensionality.
CRAFTED IN EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BRITISH MUSEUM
ARTIKA drew on the experts entrusted to preserving and studying Michelangelo’s art to help create Michelangelo: Drawings.
MICHELANGELO EXPERTS UNVEIL THE GENIUS AND HUMANITY BEHIND THE ARTIST
Hugo Chapman, the Simon Sainsbury Keeper of Prints & Drawings at the British Museum; Sarah Vowles, the Smirnov Family Curator of Italian and French Prints and Drawings; and Matthias Wivel, Curator of 16th-century Italian Paintings at the National Gallery, London provide insights into Michelangelo’s life and work.
DAVID UNVEILS THE EDITIONS INSIDE
The sculpture emerges from a block of marble designed to serve as the display case, a tribute to one of the materials that Michelangelo used the most.
LIMITED EDITION, CRAFTED BY HAND
With only 8,998 units available, the meticulous handmade process of crafting the case and books transforms makes each copy a veritable work of art.
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ARTIKA and the British Museum join forces to craft this exclusive edition
Drawing was always the foundation for Michelangelo’s art, the medium he used to express his most private, personal side. Now, discover the artist like never before through the ARTIKA edition crafted from the collection housed at the British Museum.
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