Compare And Contrast The Last Judgement And The Sistine Chapel Ceiling

One of the most effective principles Paolo de Matteis uses in this painting is his use of lines and invisible lines to direct the viewer’s attention to the child in his mother’s arms. The shepherds and their animals, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph are all instances of invisible lines in this painting, as their outstretched hands and lines of vision are all pointing to the baby Jesus. For example, the three women and the child kneeling to the bottom right side of the manger are all staring or pointing to the upper left, toward Jesus. Moving to the upper right corner of the painting, the ox and the donkey are directing their gaze to the bottom left, once again at Jesus. The two men to the right of the animals also point in that direction. In the top and center, Mary and Joseph watch their child, creating yet another invisible line pointing toward the point of emphasis, while the angels

Michelangelo “The Creation of Adam” can be compared and contrasted to Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”. The paintings are both similar and different. They are both high renaissance works by big time artists of the time period. Including, they are both religious and symbolize life. The last supper is a mural painted on a wall. Leonardo decided to use pigment on dry gesso technique and Michelangelo used. The fresco technique more aesthetically pleasing in the Sistine chapel were he painted “The Creation of Adam”. Plus Da Vinci’s painting consist of serval focal points. Michelangelo’s painting includes just one focal point which is the finger tips. Lastly, Da Vinci was painting history. He included a scene that was devoid of emotion and empathy.

In this research paper I will be looking at two different artworks by the same artist. The two I will be looking at are the Sistine Chapel Ceiling (1508-1512) and The Last Judgment (1534). Both of these painting are painted in the Sistine chapel which is located in the Vatican. I am going to attempt to evaluate these two pieces of art painted by Michelangelo and explain the cultural and religious aspects of them. I will also look to other scholars to get their perspective and their reactions to the paintings. The last step of my research will be to formulate a theory about the relationship between culture and religion and use my topic to help defend my theory.

The two paintings I decided to compare are “The Last Judgement” and the “Conversion of Saul”. They were both painted by Michelangelo an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. These two paintings are both religious images and show Michelangelo’s image of God and his fellow followers. The “Last Judgement” was created first in 1536–1541 and the “Conversion of Saul” was painted a few years later in 1542–1545. He was considered to be the greatest living artist during his lifetime and is also included in the list of one of the greatest artists of all time.

The dark background relates to the fact that in the Baroque era, they were going through a dark time, almost to say lead by a dark force that was taking away people from the Catholic Church. These different religious were also mostly only believing in God or Jesus, and my opinion is that all these paintings didn’t just focus on them the also included angels, Mary, or anyone else considered important in the Catholic faith. That is why I think that they only highlight the face to give these different people to acknowledgment them and everything else is casted in the dark with the

In comparing and contrasting the Last Judgment (1527) by Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533) and the Sistine Chapel Last Judgment (1535–1541) by Michelangelo (1475-1564), the subject matter of each is the artist’s interpretation of the Last Judgment; the day which follows Armageddon when each individual’s fate will be determined by God according to the good and evil of the individual’s earthly life. Leyden who was almost twenty years younger than Michelangelo had a distinctively different interpretative style, which can be attributed to their generational differences and styles. As a personal opinion, the Protestant Reformation may have affected Leyden’s sense of religious unity, his figures appear as individuals not concerned with those surrounding them. Leyden’s figures each seem to only be concerned with their own situation, some figures appear as unaffected by what was going on around them. Leyden’s less unified humanity may be contextually attributed to the Protestant Reformation and Counter Reformation.

Perhaps it was by it’s great size, the fact that it is on display right in the center of the room, or the intense red and bright gold glistening with the light shinning over it. The two things I noticed just by looking at it were the subject of the painting and the odd flatness depicted. The painting is clearly of Virgin Mary with Christ in her arms. There are two angels floating above her head on either side holding pink, yellow, and white flowers and ribbons with Hail Mary written on them in Spanish. Both Christ and Mary’s garments are of the same vibrant red cloth with intricate gold detailing. The flatness of her dress and of Christ was rather odd and certainly made it stand out. Upon reading the didactic text I found out that the painting is of a statue which was on special occasions paraded around the city, on a platform like the one depicted, to transmit its holiness. I also found out that the purpose of the contrast between the flatness of the garments and everything else was suggests that the painter wanted to emphasize the richness of the textiles rather than their spatial features. The man on the bottom corner was more than likely the man who commissioned the painting in such grandeur and extravagant manner mostly as a symbol of his status and to show that he could afford such a

Three fascinating artists known as Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo marked the stylistic period of the Italy 1500 to 1600. These three men inspired the high Renaissance. Florence and Rome hosted the leading artist for that century. I will like to describe a painting of Raphael that caught my attention from reading the textbook; it is called the Marriage of the Virgin. In this painting the artists used linear perspective to create the illusion of space in the far back. He placed the vanishing point of the one point perspective in the doorway of the beautiful painted round house that is symmetrical on both side. The artists created the plaster in different sizes of rectangular shapes in red and cream colors to emphasize on the importance of linear perspective in the painting. If the painting was divided in two parts, the viewer will see that it is symmetric on both sides. There are thirteen figures on each side of the painting with the high priest being the middleman placed in the center of the human drama. He also put the figures in groups that relate to the part they each play in the artwork, this is known as a unified figure group in high

My favorite Renaissance art has to be Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel and The Last Judgement. While I will admit that they are among the the best paintings of the Renaissance simply for their grandeur, when one takes a closer look, perhaps it is not as high class as one might expect. Michelangelo did not want to paint the chapel ceiling as he was first and foremost a sculptor, but one did not simply say no to Pope Julius II. So while Michelangelo did not really have a say in the matter, he did show his dislike of the job in many other subtle ways. For example, Biagio de Cesena, the Papal Minister of Ceremonies and the man who told Michelangelo that he could not paint naked people, is representing Minos, King of the Dead, in the bottom corner

In the Sistine Chapel, the ceilings where painted by Michelangelo and were high Renaissance art.

This chapel was not only over 300 yards long, but also 1,500 years old and happened to be hidden under earthquake debris that took place in AD 847. The earthquake strangely helped preserve the church from being altered in later centuries to come. Sistine Chapel was rediscovered in the early 1900s; it has recently been restored and reopened to the public to reveal some of the earliest Christian works of art from our history. Its painted interior took more than three decades to recreate due to the high ceilings allowing room for horses to pass under. The cost for this process was an equivalent to $2,887,700 that was funded by the Italian government and the World Monuments Fund.

The Sistine Chapel was painted by Michelangelo during the High Renaissance. Michelangelo depicted nine scenes from the Old Testament onto the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel was painted between 1508 and 1512 by Michelangelo. Michelangelo was originally a sculptor. Some common characteristics that can be found in the paintings are depth, blue backgrounds, anatomy, detail and more. Many characteristics from the Renaissance can be found in the Sistine Chapel, which proves that the Sistine Chapel is Renaissance art. My thesis is the use of these new techniques have not been seen in earlier art periods such as, depth, detail, bold colors, realism and more displays that the Sistine Chapel is Renaissance Art.

This piece portrays God completing his creation of Adam and all of His other angels watching behind Him. This painting is representational art because it aims to represent actual objects or subjects from real life. One of the most interesting characteristics about this painting is its color and value used. Unlike God, Adam is sitting laid back, acting very lackadaisical. When God touches Adam, it gives life into himself, but also into all of mankind. This portrait showed the birth of human race. God was trying to put life into Adam when he needed it most. Some say that his arm was around Mary when he was reaching out to Adam. In this portrait, God was wearing a very light pink tunic, instead of a very powerful looking garment, showing a God

The renaissance was a time of intellectual development, with a new focus on humanism, and an abandonment of the prevailing church ideals, with this newfound appreciation on human potential, and scientific discovery shaped the time, and belief structure. In addition, this was the time where one might encounter, one or several of these remarkable talented Renaissance individuals, which ranged from artisans, to scientists, sculptors, philosophers, painters, and poets. It would have been exciting seeing them bustling around in a day to day environment, I could only imagine, walking into the Vatican and viewing Michelangelo at work painting the Sistine chapel. The sheer scope of and monumentality of this undertaking was truly enormous task, at over 5500 sq. ft. This was the culmination of the ambitions of, Pope Julius II, and the aspirations of Michelangelo himself. Working from scaffolds over 70, Ft. high above the floor, was physically daunting, the angels and height alone were an undertaking unto themselves. I am in awe at the talent and ingenuity used to create such a beautiful piece of artwork. The result was truly a spectacular work of art. The photos are even remarkable, and wonderful to view.

On March 6th ,1475 Michelangelo di Ludovico Buonarroti Simoni was born in Caprese, Italy. The name of the painting that I will analyze is the “Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.” Growing up during the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo was thought to be one of the greatest artists of the period. As the son of a father who worked for the Florence government, his family moved between Caprese and Florence, where Michelangelo would later consider his home. At the age of six, his mother died leaving him under the care of his father. Fortunately, Michelangelo came of age at such as crucial time. During the Renaissance