Book contents
- Michelangelo’s Christian Mysticism
- Michelangelo’s Christian Mysticism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Introduction
- Part I Michelangelo and Renaissance Augustinianism
- 1 “The Sea, the Mountain, and the Fire with the Sword”
- 2 “The Sea”
- 3 “The Mountain”
- 4 “The Fire with the Sword”
- Conclusion
- Part II Michelangelo and Viterban Spirituality
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - “The Mountain”
Acedia and the Mind’s Presumption to Ascend
from Part I - Michelangelo and Renaissance Augustinianism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2014
- Michelangelo’s Christian Mysticism
- Michelangelo’s Christian Mysticism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Introduction
- Part I Michelangelo and Renaissance Augustinianism
- 1 “The Sea, the Mountain, and the Fire with the Sword”
- 2 “The Sea”
- 3 “The Mountain”
- 4 “The Fire with the Sword”
- Conclusion
- Part II Michelangelo and Viterban Spirituality
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Michelangelo's Christian MysticismSpirituality, Poetry and Art in Sixteenth-Century Italy, pp. 45 - 67Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014