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Reimagining Michelangelo
In The Story of Art, EH Gombrich mentions that Michelangelo initially refused the commission for frescoes in the vault. “He was convinced that this thankless commission had been palmed off on to him ...
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Nine things you might not know about the Sistine Chapel
5. Michelangelo did almost all of the painting in the Sistine Chapel Notwithstanding Michelangelo’s ability to feed his own hype, Matthias Wivel says that restoration work has proved that the ...
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No, Michelangelo’s Depiction of God Doesn’t Capture the Essence of ‘White Supremacy’
Michelangelo was of his time and place, and that cultural context is reflected in his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. (The painting itself is allegorical, as God the Father is ...
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Art buffs, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes are coming to London
Immersive art exhibitions have been in high demand all year, and Michelangelo’s Sistine ... visitors to the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel by recreating the 16th century artist’s famous ceiling ...
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Detail from "Ascesa dei Beati" from Sistine Chapel; 16th-century drawing reproducing the same detail (IMAGE)
Caption (Left) Detail from "Ascesa dei Beati" (Michelangelo Buonarroti) from Sistine Chapel; (Right) 16th-century drawing reproducing the same detail. An inscription "di mano di Michelangelo ...