Cycle 18: High Renaissance, Michelangelo
Slide 1: Art History Cycle 17
THE HIGH RENAISSANCE Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Slide 2: Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Slide 3: Marble sculpture by Michelangelo
David, 1501–4
Pietà, 1498-9
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Between 1508 and 1512, under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted the chapel's ceiling. Michelangelo returned much later in his career to complete the alter wall with The Last Judgment (1536-1541).
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Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel The chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. The Sistine Chapel had great symbolic meaning for the papacy as the chief consecrated space in the Vatican, used for great ceremonies such as electing and inaugurating new popes.
A reconstruction of the appearance of the west Wall chapel in the 1480s, prior to the painting of the ceiling
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Michelangelo, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 1508–12, fresco (Vatican City, Rome)
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Michelangelo, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 1508–12, fresco (Vatican City, Rome)
Slide 8: Creation of the World (Old Testament – Genesis) First three sections
- Separation of Light from Darkness
2. Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants
- Separation of Land and Water
Slide 9: Stories Adam and Eve (Old Testament- Genesis) Second of three sections
1.Separation of Light from Darkness
- Creation of Eve
4. Creation of Adam
6. The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise
Slide 10: Stories of Noah (Old Testament) Third of three sections
- Sacrifice of Noah
8. The Flood
9. Drunkenness of Noah
Slide 11: The Prophets & Sibyl
The Libyan Sibyl, named Phemonoe, was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon at Siwa Oasis in the Libyan Desert. The term sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Greek word sibylla, meaning prophetess. There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, but the Libyan Sibyl, in Classical mythology, foretold the "coming of the day when that which is hidden shall be revealed.“ The Christian faith has interpreted this to refer to the coming of Jesus Christ.
The Libyan Sibyl
The Prophet Isaiah
The Prophet Jonah
Slide 12: Video – Ceiling of Sistine Chapel
Video to watch – Khan Academy Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel