Michelangelo's Puzzle
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Michelangelo's Puzzle

  1. 317 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Michelangelo's Puzzle

About this book

For fans of art crime, art history, astronomy, and puzzles, Michelangelo's Puzzle expands on Rebecca's article published in Journal of Art Crime (2019), in which she argued that the Vatican's Laocoön Group was created by Michelangelo as a forged antiquity. Drawing on the traditional link between Laocoön and the constellation of Ophiuchus, Michelangelo was able to depict the famous sculpture within the context of a hidden star map on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The foreword has been written by Noah Charney, founder of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA). This book is unique as it has been written by a professional artist who combines creative insight with rigorous research.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Introduction
  10. Part I: Laocoön and his Sons (the Laocoön Group)
  11. Chapter 1: Did Michelangelo Forge the Laocoön Group?
  12. Part II: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
  13. Chapter 2: Michelangelo’s Secret Star Map
  14. Chapter 3: The Solving of an Ancient, Celestial Puzzle
  15. Chapter 4: Giotto, Dante, and Leonardo, and the Passing on of Ideas
  16. Part III: The Last Judgment
  17. Chapter 5: The Constellations of the Human Face
  18. Conclusion
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. Index
  23. About the Author