Cell Phone Tour: Michelangelo Public and Private

Michelangelo Public and Private Cell Phone Tour
Interested in learning more about Michelangelo? This cell phone audio tour offers a new way to explore Michelangelo Public and Private.  Using your own cell phone, listen to Gary Radke, Curatorial Advisor for the exhibition and Dean’s Professor of the Humanities at Syracuse University, tell the fascinating story of the famous artist’s private struggles and public accomplishments through the objects in the galleries.

No cost to you, except your minutes. Please, no cell phone conversations, photography or speakerphone use while in the galleries.

It’s easy to use:

1. Call (206) 866-3222
2. Enter the item number (1-16) + # key
   
   

Audio stop information:

• Welcome by Derrick Cartwright, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Director, Seattle Art Museum
• 1 # Exhibition overview (1.25 min)
• 2 # Introduction to the Casa Buonarroti  (1 min)
• 3 # Michelangelo’s Family and Friends (1 min)
• 4 #  Michelangelo as a Citizen of Florence (1.75 min)
• 5 # The Sistine Chapel (2 min)
• 6 # Preparatory Drawings for the Sistine Ceiling (1.5 min)
• 7 # Study for an Arm on the Sistine Ceiling (1.5 min)
• 8 # Study for Adam in the “Expulsion from Paradise” on the Sistine Ceiling (1.25 min)  
• 9 # Study of Legs for the Sistine Ceiling   (1.5 min)
• 10 # Study of a Man’s Face for the “Flood” on the Sistine Ceiling (1.25 min)
• 11 # Study of Two Nudes for the Sistine Ceiling & Study of a Nude for the Sistine Ceiling (1.25 min)
• 12 # The Last Judgment  (2.25 min)
• 13 # Preparatory Drawings for The Last Judgment (2.5 min)
• 14 # The Last Judgment Engravings (2.5 min)
• 15 # Michelangelo’s Last Years (2 min)
• 16 # Death and Enshrinement in Florence (2.5 min)

Audio Online
The audio tour is available as a downloadable zip file (MP3 files) or podcast.

1. Download the podcast from itunes
2. Or get the podcast here

 

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