2006-08-30 13:54:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
The best-known achievements in the Sistine chapel are the works of “Michelangelo.” Across the ceiling he painted nine episodes from Genesis. There are representations of the stages of creation, Adam and Eve's temptation and fall, and Noah and the Deluge. Below these scenes are the statuesque figures of prophets and sibyls, with episodes from the Old Testament in the spandrels, all designed to prefigure the salvation of Christianity.
2006-08-31 10:33:48 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you been there in person? You must go ... awe inspiring.
In 1508 Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II to paint the vault, or ceiling of the chapel. Jacopo l'Indaco was one of Michelangelo's assistants.
2006-08-31 18:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , under the wrathful and pushy guidance of Pope Julius II, The Warrior Pope. It took 40 years, and he never even finished it.
2006-08-30 20:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by Meredia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's right, Michelangelo, and who had time to finish, the way they were running him ragged. I don't know if this is true, but I read that he fell off the scaffolding once. And that he was only 5'2".
I think that was before he fell from the scaffolding : )
2006-08-30 21:31:52 · answer #4 · answered by ma8pi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michellangelo
2006-08-30 20:59:29 · answer #5 · answered by Kazeed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michelangelo.
2006-08-31 05:39:36 · answer #6 · answered by franxie03 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michelangelo.
It's said that he was a sculpter, more than painter. So he got those amazing images. They seem alive, as you can touch them.
The volumes are nearly real.
2006-08-30 22:45:49 · answer #7 · answered by Susana C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mongo the magnificent
2006-08-31 01:49:15 · answer #8 · answered by silas h 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Same guy that did the statue of david...
2006-08-30 21:00:34 · answer #9 · answered by lethallolita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋