Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction xi
5. 1. The Metaphors of Love and Birth in Michelangelo’s Pietàs 1
6. 2. The Roman Pietà: Michelangelo at Twenty-Three 59
7. 3. The Medici Madonna and Related Works 90
8. 4. Body and Symbol in the Medici Madonna 96
9. 5. The Florentine Pietà: The Missing Leg Twenty Years After 129
10. 6. The Michelangelo Next Door 167
11. 7. Shrinking Michelangelo 170
12. 8. Michelangelo and the Doctors 179
13. 9. What Would You Ask Michelangelo? 184
14. Notes 185
15. Leo Steinberg: Chronology 209
16. Leo Steinberg: Publications (1947–2010) 213
17. Photography Credits 219
18. Index 221