Michelangelo and men: the male body in the life and work of Michelangelo

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Introduction. Michelangelo's Men / Klazina Botke, Terry van Druten and Martin Gayford -- Love -- 'Masculine Love'. Michelangelo and Boys / Michael Rocke -- Poems and Letters. How Michelangelo Wrote the Unseeable and Drew the Unsayable / Raymond Carlson -- Body -- Michelangelo and Antiquity. Ongoing Training / Martin Gayford -- Baccio's Balls. Michelangelo and the Ideal Model / Terry van Druten -- Michelangelo and the Anatomy of the Artist / Eric Boot -- Mind -- Michelangelo, Neoplatonism and the Idealised Body / Marieke van den Doel -- Michelangelo and the Divine Body. Between Crucifixion and Resurrection / Jennifer Sliwka -- Connection -- Michelangelo's Battle of Cascina. Its Context and Development / Paul Joannides -- Friend and Enemy. The Men in Michelangelo's Life / Klazina Botke.