Rome.2C 1534.E2.80.9346 Michelangelo

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the last judgement (1534–41)


in rome, michelangelo lived near church of santa maria di loreto. @ time met poet vittoria colonna, marchioness of pescara, become 1 of closest friends until death in 1547.


shortly before death in 1534 pope clement vii commissioned michelangelo paint fresco of last judgement on altar wall of sistine chapel. successor, paul iii, instrumental in seeing michelangelo began , completed project, laboured on 1534 october 1541. fresco depicts second coming of christ , judgement of souls. michelangelo ignored usual artistic conventions in portraying jesus, showing him massive, muscular figure, youthful, beardless , naked. surrounded saints, among whom saint bartholomew holds drooping flayed skin, bearing likeness of michelangelo. dead rise graves, consigned either heaven or hell.


once completed, depiction of christ , virgin mary naked considered sacrilegious, , cardinal carafa , monsignor sernini (mantua s ambassador) campaigned have fresco removed or censored, pope resisted. @ council of trent, shortly before michelangelo s death in 1564, decided obscure genitals , daniele da volterra, apprentice of michelangelo, commissioned make alterations. uncensored copy of original, marcello venusti, in capodimonte museum of naples.


michelangelo worked on number of architectural projects @ time. included design capitoline hill trapezoid piazza displaying ancient bronze statue of marcus aurelius. designed upper floor of palazzo farnese , interior of church of santa maria degli angeli, in transformed vaulted interior of ancient roman bathhouse. other architectural works include san giovanni dei fiorentini, sforza chapel (capella sforza) in basilica di santa maria maggiore , porta pia.








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