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2006-12-12 08:15:12 · 16 answers · asked by :)e 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City was painted by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni ("known as Michelangelo) during the Italian Renaissance between 1508 and 1512.
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.
In 1508 Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II to paint the vault, or ceiling of the chapel. It took him until 1512 to complete. To be able to reach the ceiling, Michelangelo needed a support; the first idea was by Bramante, who wanted to build for him a special scaffold, suspended in the air with ropes. But Michelangelo suspected that this would leave holes in the ceiling once the work was ended, so he built a scaffold of his own, a flat wooden platform on brackets built out from holes in the wall, high up near the top of the windows. He stood on this scaffolding while he painted.
Michelangelo was employed to paint only 12 figures, the Apostles, but when the work was finished there were more than 300. His figures showed the creation, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and the Great Flood. The sketches are a really precious and curious document. Michelangelo used male models, even for the females, because female models were rare and more expensive.
The ceiling is perhaps most famous for the image of the Creation of Adam.
2006-12-12 08:28:06 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
2006-12-12 08:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by 3lixir 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michealangelo, painted the Sistine Chapel.
2006-12-12 09:09:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarrotti Simoni.
2006-12-13 08:04:18 · answer #4 · answered by lebanese_gentleman2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michelangelo
2006-12-12 08:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by cncprogrammer 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michelangelo
2006-12-12 08:19:13 · answer #6 · answered by rojo_ag 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Miguel Angel (Mikel Angello)
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2006-12-15 09:58:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michelangelo, took him some years, too (i don't know exactly how many, my bad), but i do know he had some "thoughtful conversations" with the pope of the day, and probably with a few bishops and cardinals as well. (like rummy and bush had a series of "thoughtful conversations" before rummy resigned.) pay close attention to lani s 's answer...that lady has done her homework!
2006-12-12 13:29:09 · answer #8 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michealangelo
2006-12-12 08:17:53 · answer #9 · answered by Autumn S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Michaelangelo
2006-12-12 08:26:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋