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Michelangelo chose the ancestors of Christ as the subject of these images, [124] thus juxtaposing Jesus' physical lineage with the popes, his spiritual successors according to the Church. [125] Centrally placed above each window is a faux marble tablet with a decorative frame. On each is painted the names of the male line by which Jesus ...
Massimo Giacometti, The Sistine Chapel, a collection of essays on aspects of the chapel, its decoration and the restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes, by Carlo Pietrangeli, André Chastel, John Shearman, John O'Malley S.J., Pierluigi de Vecchi, Michael Hirst, Fabrizio Mancinelli, Gianluigi Colallucci, and Franco Bernabei. 1984, Harmony Books ...
Where traditional compositions generally contrast an ordered, harmonious heavenly world above with the tumultuous events taking place in the earthly zone below, in Michelangelo's conception the arrangement and posing of the figures across the entire painting give an impression of agitation and excitement, [4] and even in the upper parts there is "a profound disturbance, tension and commotion ...
Christ of Guadalupe 1560 Guadalupe, Cáceres, Spain Ivory 20 cm Young Archer (in Italian) c. 1491–1492: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Marble height 97 cm Venus and Cupid (in Italian) c. 1491–1492: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence Marble 43,5x58 cm Gallino Crucifix (in Italian) c. 1495–1497: Bargello Museum, Florence Wood
Michelangelo persuaded Pope Julius II to give him a free hand and proposed a different and more complex scheme, [50] [51] representing the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Promise of Salvation through the prophets, and the genealogy of Christ. The work is part of a larger scheme of decoration within the chapel that represents much of the doctrine ...
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Art historians generally interpret this prime position as being because the story of Jonah (who was swallowed for three days by a large fish before being miraculously restored) was seen as prefiguring that of Christ's death and resurrection. [4] [5] The Prophet Jonah is opposite the fresco of the prophet Zachariah. [5]
Although the painting portrays Jeremiah as lamenting over the Destruction of Jerusalem, critics [who?] have interpreted the figure as a self-portrait by Michelangelo, with the artist lamenting over the weight of his sins. Or perhaps Michelangelo is bemoaning his situation being forced by Julius II to paint when he wished to sculpt.