Cappella Sistina _ Michelangelo Buonarroti posted by @Gioia Hara Misyrlaki The Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted between 1508 and 1512. The ceiling is a flattened barrel vault supported on twelve triangular pendentives that rise from between the windows of the chapel. The scheme is of nine panels illustrating episodes from the Book of Genesis, set in an architectonic frame. On the pendentives, Michelangelo replaced the proposed Apostles with Prophets and Sibyls who heralded the coming of the Messiah. One of the central images, The Creation of Adam is one of the best known and most reproduced works in the history of art. The final panel, showing God dividing Light from Darkness is the broadest in style and was painted in a single day. As the model for the Creator, Michelangelo has depicted himself in the action of painting the ceiling.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:00:00 +0000
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