Lecture: Michelangelo and the Intrigue of Drawing

Presented by Julian Brooks, curator, Department of Drawings, J. Paul Getty Museum Dr. Brooks studies the arc of drawing across Michelangelo’s long career, with particular regard to his distinctive choices of black chalk, red chalk, and pen and ink, and his mixed use of them. Setting the works in Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti in context, the talk will delve into the mind of one of the Italian Renaissance’s great creative voices.