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michelangelo
Title: michelangelo
Category: Literature / English
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michelangelo
A major project preventing completion of the tomb of Julius II
was a new commission from Julius himself, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
in Rome. Between 1508 and 1512 Michelangelo created some of the most
memorable images of all time on the vaulted ceiling of the papal chapel in
the Vatican. His intricate system of decoration tells the biblical story of
Genesis. The Creation of Adam from the Sistine Ceiling (1508-1512) is
perhaps Michelangelo's finest …showed first 75 words of 1539 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1539 total…unifying the exterior with
gigantic pairs of pilasters with Corinthian capitals. The pilasters alternate
with large openings topped with pediments. Around the base of the dome
the line of the pilasters is echoed by fully rounded columns, which are in
turn repeated on a smaller scale in the lantern at the top of the dome. The
effect is one of great mass pushing upward, the forms varied in complex
ways yet unified as a whole.
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