The Sistine Chapel Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving. (Johann Wolfgang Goethe in 1787 in Rome) The Sistine Chapel‚ originally constructed in the late 1400’s underwent multiple periods of construction and reconstruction‚ with both the building and the artwork. It was designed to be the primary site of all papal ceremonies. (Lewine) Though the exterior is merely a rectangle‚ it is the artwork within that is the main
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My Current Project: the Ceiling I was asked by Pope Julius II to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel four years ago. When he had asked me‚ I had been known for many great works of art but none were like the task that he was putting in front of me. He hardly asked me‚ though; he more so commanded me to do this job. The Pope was determined to use the arts to stamp his personality on the Vatican (Sistine Chapel Drawings). He hired many artists to do different works around the city. Sometimes it
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paint the ceiling of the Sistine (sins-teen) chapel in 1508. The chapel was Built by Pope Sixtus IV in 1481. Which happened to be in the Vatican‚ is known to be the pope’s headquarters in Rome. The chapel measuring in at 130 feet long and 44 feet wide - was a large undertaking to paint. The Sistine chapel particularly important to pope Julius II‚ since it was the site in which cardinals met to elect new people. Four three years (1508 - 1511) Michelangelo climbed scaffolding in the chapel to his perch
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As previously stated in the last journal entry I am completely enthralled with the Sistine Chapel. It is because of this you will find I have repeated some of my answers. This class is the main reason I have added visiting The Sistine Chapel to my bucket list. Which artwork or invention do you think had the greatest impact on today’s society? The Sistine Chapel presents as the artwork having the greatest impact on society. Said to tell the story of the creation of mankind through illustration‚
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The Sistine Chapel Jackmark January 22‚ 2013 Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni painted the interior of the Sistine Chapel over a period of 34 years. Michelangelo’s paintings are not only masterpieces of art. The paintings displayed Michelangelo’s relationship to the
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Gina Williams GS 601-OL5: The Renaissance Art World & Its Classical Origins Instructor: Kevin Koczela‚ Final Paper‚ December 8‚ 2010 Michelangelo’s Sybille de Cummes and the Sistine Chapel Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (family name shortened to Bouonarroti) was born in 1475 in the small town of Caprese near Florence‚ Italy. Michelangelo attended School at the age of nine where he had extensive training in Latin; however‚ he soon grew a desire to become an artist. Lodovico
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The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City is known for its magnificent ceiling and beautiful fresco paintings‚ millions of people from the across the world travel the Italy to stop and see the works of Michelangelo Buonarroti. The Sistine Chapel ceiling is recognized as a masterpiece work of art. The paintings of the Chapels ceiling has been analyzed to discuss each panels significance and importance as Michelangelo depicts the nine scenes from the Bible‚ book of Genesis. One piece of work that is portrayed
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Vincent Raspa AP Euro 10 Mrs. Graham September 7‚ 2010 Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling “The hundred tons of Carrar marble was promptly carted from the Piazza San Pietro to the studio in Macella de Corvi. A full seven years after feeling Rome on horseback‚ Michelangelo finally returned to what he called his “true profession.”” This quote from Ross King’s novel‚ Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling tells the reader a lot about the famous Michelangelo. It talks about how Michelangelo had
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of space through perspective. But perspective implied continuity between the space of the viewer and that of the picture‚ and this was difficult to sustain when pictures were painted high up on walls. It was even harder when they were painted on ceilings‚ where the logical viewpoint was from underneath. Discuss the different approaches to space in the following two works‚ and why an artist might adopt one or the other. __________________________________________________________________ Annibale
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book Michelangelo And The Pope’s Ceiling tells the story how this genius sculptor created one of the greatest treasures of The Renaissance‚ the ceiling frescos of the Sistine Chapel. King draws a written and interesting portrait of Michelangelo that includes family‚ his fellow artists‚ his chaotic life and times in a thirty-one chapter book. As King points out in his research in this book‚ not everything is heard about Michelangelo’s life beyond the Sistine chapel. Such as the image of the solitary
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