The Sistine Chapel and the Creation of Adam

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The Sistine Chapel and the Creation of Adam
Michelangelo(1475-1564)

The sistine Chapel and mainly the Creation of Adam fresco are treasures to the world of art, Michelangelo the creator brought his discipline of sculpting into painting the frescoes and the human silhouette.

The story of the Sistine Chapel starts with the building itself, built in 1473 under the supervision of Giovannino de Dolci. It is located in Vatican, Which is almost like the capital for catholicism. Vatican being the home the pope and college of cardinals. The chapel being famous in todays day in age for being the conclave of the cardinals, where the new pope is voted on and elected. The main attraction to the Chapel today is the ceiling painted by Great renaissance Artist Michelangelo.

Named after the pope that had the project commissioned Pope Sixtus IV. Although Pope Julius II being the pope that contracted Michelangelo to paint the famous fresco on the ceiling.” For such an important building the Sistine Chapel is remarkably plain outside – a high, block-like rectangular brick building without adornment.”(Telegraph.co,2013)

Pope Julius was in fact the one to make a great and visionary choice of contracting the future renowned artist Michelangelo.” At thirty-three years of age Michelangelo was the most gifted and sought after sculptor in all of Europe. It was Julius II… early in 1505, ordered that the young sculptor come to Rome”(Rome.info,2012). Michelangelo Di Lodoivico Buonarroti Simoni born in March 6 1475. Being one of the first names you think of when you here renaissance Michelangelo was born Caprese near Arezzo, Tuscany.

Michelangelo’s talent might be due to the relocation from his birthplace to the essential renais...

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... also be named the “Endowment of Adam”. This name being a clue that Michelangelo left a code in the fresco. This website goes on to describe more reason found by Frank Lynn Meshberger http://www.wellcorps.com/Explaining-The-Hidden-Meaning-Of-Michelangelos-Creation-of-Adam.html

In conclusion of this research paper I believed I have gained a new and better appreciation of renaissance art. The period of great revolutions in art form and style is now one of my great favorites of all time. The Artsist that now has become a hero to me is Michelangelo. The Sistine chapel is a truly a place of great importance to art all around the world. While dissecting and analyzing the fresco it has been easier to see the crossing of disciplines. The great detail has been applied to sculpting stone has intern help the hand and brush to reveal the beauty of the human body.

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