Sistine Chapel

(noun)

The best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace.

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Examples of Sistine Chapel in the following topics:

  • Rome and the Papal States

    • Because the Papacy wanted to surpass the grandeur of other Italian cities, the popes built increasingly extravagant churches, bridges, town squares, and public spaces, including a new Saint Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, Ponte Sisto (the first bridge to be built across the Tiber since antiquity), and Piazza Navona.
    • His main construction project was the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Palace .
    • Sixtus IV commissioned artists to work on the Sistine Chapel beginning in 1477; Michelangelo worked on the ceiling from 1508-1512.

  • Context of Creation

    • Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City under the patronage of Pope Julius II between 1508 and 1512.

  • Michelangelo

    • In painting, Michelangelo is renowned for his work in the Sistine Chapel.
    • The work is part of a larger scheme of decoration within the chapel that represents much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church.
    • The fresco of The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel was commissioned by Pope Clement VII, and Michelangelo labored on the project from 1536–1541.
    • The work is located on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, which is not a traditional placement for the subject.
    • The fresco of The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel was commissioned by Pope Clement VII.

  • The Cosmos

    • Sixtus IV commissioned artists to work on the Sistine Chapel beginning in 1477; Michelangelo worked on the ceiling from 1508-1512.

  • What Makes Art Beautiful?

    • There are many common conceptions of beauty; for example, Michelangelo's paintings in the Sistine Chapel are widely recognized as beautiful works of art.

  • Mannerist Painting

    • Indeed, Michelangelo himself displayed tendencies towards Mannerism, notably in his vestibule to the Laurentian Library, in the figures on his Medici tombs, and above all the Sistine Chapel.
    • Michelangelo himself displayed tendencies towards Mannerism, notably in the Sistine Chapel.

  • Mannerism and the Counter-Reformation

    • To that end, The Last Judgment, a fresco on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo (1534–41), came under attack for its classical imagery and the large quantity of nudes, some of which were interpreted at the time as being in compromising poses.
    • The Last Judgment fresco in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo (1534–41) came under persistent attack in the Counter-Reformation for nudity (later painted over for several centuries), not showing Christ seated or bearded, and including the pagan figure of Charon.

  • Preservation and Restoration

    • The tradition of conservation is considered by most to have begun in 1565, with the restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes.

  • The High Renaissance

    • Michelangelo's later works, such as The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, and the Laurentian Library, are considered to be Mannerist style by some art historians.

  • Gothic Architecture: La Saint-Chapelle

    • Louis' personal chapel, La Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, was copied more than once by his descendants elsewhere.
    • La Sainte-Chapelle (The Holy Chapel) is one of the only surviving buildings of the Capetian royal palace on the Île de la Cité in the heart of Paris, France.
    • La Sainte-Chapelle stands squarely upon a lower chapel, which served as parish church for all the inhabitants of the palace, which was the seat of government.
    • However, the chapel proper was a private royal chapel and scholars have noted how the structure almost looks like metalwork, as if the chapel itself is a reliquary.
    • Saint Louis' Sainte-Chapelle epitomizes the Rayonnant Gothic style as was King Louis IX's personal chapel.