Sistine Chapel Ceiling
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- Sistine Chapel Ceiling
- View: Detail, the prophet Isaiah
Dublin Core
Title
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
View: Detail, the prophet Isaiah
Subject
cycles or series; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513; nudes; youth; Biblical narratives; Papal chapel; prophets
Description
In the final scheme the vault was given a fictive stone framework, with a series of nine narratives from the book of Genesis in the centre, each placed at right angles to the long axis of the chapel. Figures of nude youths (the famous ignudi) sit on the simulated architecture framing these narratives. In the spandrels at both ends and down the sides of the chapel are colossal enthroned figures, each labelled as a prophet or sibyl. Between these, and in the lunettes above the windows beneath, are family groups and paired figures of the Ancestors of Christ. At the four corners, the pendentives are painted with scenes illustrating the salvation of Israel.
Creator
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian painter, 1475-1564)
Source
Description: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
Date
1508-1512 (creation)
Rights
publicDomain
Relation
part of Sistine Chapel
Format
pigment on plaster
12,000 ft2 (area)
Type
fresco (painting)
Identifier
mich206x.jpg
Coverage
Sistine Chapel (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy); Palace of the Vatican
Renaissance
Citation
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian painter, 1475-1564), “Sistine Chapel Ceiling,” Institute Images Online, accessed December 5, 2019, http://westerncivart.com/items/show/3026.
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