Saturday, 9 July 2011

the last judgement sistine chapel michelangelo

The essay “Michelangelo's Art Through Michelangelo's Eyes” explains my overall understanding of the Sistine ceiling and the altar wall on which the Last Judgment is painted. It was published online in 2006.... He says we see it the same way an artist would looking at his own hand and that because Michelangelo painted a hand that way four times in the Sistine Chapel, including God's, Christ's hand must be Michelangelo's. He claims that the lines on it even match...

to the Sistine Chapel to
to the Sistine Chapel to

of the Last Judgement.jpg
of the Last Judgement.

Michelangelo, The Last
Michelangelo, The Last

Michelangelo's “Last
Michelangelo's “Last

Michelangelo's Last Judgement
Michelangelo's Last Judgement

Last Judgment by Michelangelo
Last Judgment by Michelangelo

What can one say of the Vatican collections? Stupifying, glorious, priceless, and a mix of ancient, Renaissance, and Baroque. Everyone knows Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling and wall of the Last Judgement.
Mel McCombie's Fulbright in Egypt: Wine, Swine, and Art

And Bartholomew's martyrdom came by way of being flayed alive (as Michelangelo depicted so memorably in his Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel). In short, he lost his skin, the very same skin that so shamed Adam and...
the last judgement sistine chapel michelangelo

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