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    Renaissance Florentine art. He has such an amazing artistic ability and eye for detail. The detail he put in to the Sistine Chapel is incredible. It is a flawless remarkable work of art. He labored hard exhausting years into painting the chapel. The Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous and inspiring works of art in the fifteenth century. Before Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel he did other beautiful works of art. First Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti was born on March 6‚ 1475 in Caprese

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    Caprese‚ in Tuscany‚ Italy. Michelangelo was one of the most famous artists of the Italian Renaissance. According to Charles de Tolnay Michelangelo ’s three greatest works of his later life‚ were the Tomb of Pope Julius II‚ the Sistine Chapel ceiling‚ and the Medici Chapel(37). Michelangelo ’s specialty was painting the human body unclothed. In order to learn to paint the human body so well he would dissect human corpses. His artistic talents were noticed at a very early age. Michelangelo went

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    Swiss guard and the pope himself are the only people who live in the city. When we visited Vatican City we saw many of the world’s greatest sites. The bulk of our tour in Vatican City was made up of St. Peter’s Basilica‚ Apostolic Palace‚ and‚ the Sistine Chapel. First‚ we toured St. Peter’s Basilica. This church is the largest one in the world. There is not one frescoe or painting in the church. Touring the church we found out that the church is the resting place of Saint Peter. The tomb is

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    have describe as works of sublime beauty. He was a talented artist with many outlets of creativity. One of these outlets was as a sculptor. He created the famous David as well as other statues. Another of his outlets was the fresco on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. These works of arts still survive after hundred of years of crime‚ wars‚ and pollution. Michelangelo lived during the time of conflict of the papacy in Rome and the Medici family in Florence. When he informed his father of his wishes

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    Michelangelo’s early life was heavily exposed to the arts since he liked to watch and copy the nearby artists. Michelangelo’s skills ranged from sculpting‚ painting‚ poetry‚ and architecture. His most famous works are David‚ Pieta‚ and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo had heavily influenced modern art and religion. If Michelangelo had never existed‚ many of the influence that his art has‚ would be gone. Many artist he inspired would not be as important. Michelangelo is a very important influence

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    Michelangelo during the time he was in charge of painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Agony and the Ecstasy accomplishes to picture accordingly to the time and the location where the story is developed. The movie establishes the conflicts that Michelangelo and Pope Julius II had and in this way‚ faithfully depicting the circumstances that took place during that time. Originally‚ the works on the Sistine Chapel were not commissioned to Michelangelo‚ it was good for the church but it would

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    Galatea. b. Michelangelo’s Sibyls. c. Leonardo’s Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. d. Masaccio’s Trinity. Answer: c 10. Which of the following is the best match? a. Leonardo’s Last Supper – Milan b. Bramante’s Tempietto – Florence c. the Sistine Chapel – Siena d. the Mona Lisa – Rome

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    Introduction to Humanities 100   What if upon entering the Sistine Chapel‚ instead of sacred scenes from biblical Christianity‚ you saw images of human anatomy painted on Michelangelo’s famous frescos? Would it be profane? Symbolic? A form of self-expression? Certainly it would be surprising and seem out of place. Yet‚ a number of scholars believe just that: Michelangelo cleverly hid depictions of the human anatomy within the Sistine Chapel frescoes that showcased his advanced knowledge‚ skill and

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    greatest most extraordinarily decorated rooms in the Vatican‚ the name of the room was the Stanza della Segnatura.” The school of Athens” was painted by Raphael between 1508 and 1511‚ and it was right around the time Michelangelo was painting the 16th chapel. One of the things that makes this painting so special is that “The School of Athens” represents all the greatest mathematicians‚ philosophers and scientists from classical antiquity gathered together sharing their ideas and learning from each other

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    further emphasizing that ‘beauty’ is subjective to each individual. A piece of art that has communicated beauty to me would be ‘The creation of Adam’ which is arguably the most famous section of Michelangelo’s mural painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It was one of the last panels of the mural to be completed in 1512‚ and depicts God‚ supported by angels in flight and wrapped in a mantle‚ leans towards Adam‚ shown as a resting athlete‚ whose beauty seems to confirm the words in Genesis 1:27

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