Pontormo and Michelangelo: the Tragedy of Art. The Saga of Ippolitov, Vasari, Pontormo and Late-Medici Florence. Part II
The article is the continuation of an article published in the previous issue of the Art Studies Journal (2018. No. 3), which was a response to the book by Arkady Ippolitov, Jacopo Pontormo. The Artist from Outside and Inside. Growing beyond the natural bounds of a review, the “Saga” developed as a series of reections à propos of the book’s theme and how the book interprets that theme. The article looks particularly at the biography of Pontormo and the particular attention that Ippolitov pays to his biography, appreciating its broader cultural import to the full. In the Russian art history tradition, the Pontormo - Michelangelo relationship was first addressed by Vera Dazhina. The present text develops a range of ideas, inspired by the work of Ippolitov and Dazhina.