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Last judgement michelangelo
Last judgement michelangelo
Michelangelos the last judgement gives a misleading idea
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The painting is a frameless rectangular fresco on a wall with a sky-like blue background. It is a condensed dynamic composition of masculine human figures, each in different position. Some of those figures are dressed up and some of them are nude. There seem to be a lack in the sense of gravity because the figures are either flying or standing on clouds. In the center there are two figures, a man and a woman. The man is standing in a partially seated position, his right hand is raised up and he is looking to his left side, his left hand is pointing to a wound in his chest and he is partially covered in a grey piece of fabric. Under his raised arm sets a woman looking away from him to her right side. She is dressed in a pink and blue garment. A golden light-like background behind them that identifies them as the center of the scene depicted in the fresco.
A group of figures are standing in an arc-like arrangement around the center. They are sitting, standing or flying. Each of those figures has a serious expression and their gazes are all focused on the male center figure. The arc starts with a seated figure that is holding an object that looks like a ladder, followed by a group of standing figures one of them is wearing animal skin and another one is holding a big cross. Following the arch to the opposite side, a standing old-bearded man is holding two keys and it ends with another seated figure that is holding a knife in his right hand and a skin in his left hand. In this arc, all dressed up figures are wearing yellow, orange or green garments.
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The Fresco depicts the second coming of Christ on the day of the last judgment. All human beings are awakened from their death to face the Judge, C...
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When looking at the painting it gives us a glimpse of the past. It looks almost like a photograph. The fine detail from the building on the right with the statue on top. The citizens walking around.
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Tuscany. His dad was Lodovico di Buonarrotto and his mother was Fracessca Neri. Michelangelo was also the second of five brothers. His mother was not capable of raising Michelangelo so his dad let a stonecutter’s wife raise him. Sadly, Michelangelo’s mom died when he was six (Bonner Par. 1-13).
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