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Michelangelo and That Ceiling

Michelangelo rather famously despised painting the Sistine Chapel.

It took him four years to complete (1508 to 1512) and nearly broke his spirit in the process. “I am not in the right place,” he wrote in the last line of a sonnet to his friend Giovanni da Pistoia after a year of work. “I am not a painter.”

Many of those who have viewed that ceiling or other of his paintings would disagree. What he endured to complete it took a lot out of him. Michelangelo is said to have suffered from an enlarged thyroid, cramped thighs, a tight chest, and a knotted spine while creating this revered masterpiece.

In that same poem, he described the project as “torture” and noted, “My brush / above me all the time, dribbles paint / so my face makes a fine floor for droppings!”

He had created a scaffolding system so he could paint the ceiling while standing. That helped, but didn’t take away what he considered to be torture.

The Sistine Chapel is more than 5,000 square feet. He realized that it was much more than he expected, and he considered himself to be a sculptor above all else.

And yet, he also painted The Last Judgement, which was an addition to the Sistine Chapel that Michelangelo began working on a quarter-century later. This painting depicts the second coming of Christ and God’s final judgment of all humanity. Pope Paul III charged Michelangelo with repainting the chapel’s altar wall with this scene.

https://youtu.be/c2MuTvQM61Y?si=t4o5YQ-Fuau1B9wa

It’s also believed that Michelangelo included a self-portrait in the guise of St. Bartholomew, a martyred saint who was flayed (skinned alive). I don’t see it, but it is said that Michelangelo is portrayed as Bartholomew’s skin, which the saint holds in his left hand as he ascends to heaven. (see below) It has been interpreted as him comparing his own agony to that of a martyr, though some critics say he just wanted a self-portrait as a personal flourish.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born in 1475. By the turn of the 16th century, he was already an acclaimed artist, having achieved a significant amount of fame through important church commissions

Michelangelo is, above all, one of the greatest sculptors in Western art. Unlike his relatively small number of paintings, his sculptures are numerous and foundational.

His most important and well-known works include the Pietà located in St. Peter’s Basilica, which shows the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ. It’s remarkable for its serenity, balance, and incredibly polished marble surface. Michelangelo was only in his early 20s when he finished it.

David is perhaps his most famous sculpture, housed in the Galleria dell’Accademia. Unlike earlier versions, David is shown before battle, tense and alert. It embodies Renaissance ideals of human beauty and strength.

He also sculpted Moses for the tomb of Pope Julius II, now in San Pietro in Vincoli.
His Dying Slave and Rebellious Slave depicts these figures so that they seem to struggle to free themselves from the stone. It’s an example of Michelangelo’s idea that figures are “trapped” within marble. He said of one sculpture, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”

In the Medici Chapel at San Lorenzo, he did four sculptures depicting Night, Day, Dawn, and Dusk.

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I don’t usually watch long videos on YouTube, but when I stumbled across this I had to. It’s so well done, so good and so interesting. The life of Michelangelo. I’ll never understand how someone can turn a block of marble into a masterpiece…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOND8FxkEVU

Britten & Shostakovich: Music based on texts by Michelangelo
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Gefesselter Sklave
Rebellious Slave
Januar 2022
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