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ARH 253 (Exam 2)

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Module 11 · Media Madonna of the Rocks
Module 12 · Media Last Supper
Module 13 · Media Mona Lisa
Module 14 · Media Madonna in the Meadow
Module 15 · Media Pieta
Module 16 · Media David (Michelangelo)
Module 17 · Media Sistine Chapel Ceiling You are here
Module 18 · Media Pastoral Symphony
Module 19 · Media Venus of Urbino
Module 20 · Media Fall of Man (Adam and Eve)
Module 21 · Media The Ambassadors
Module 22 · Media The Garden Of Earthly Delights
Module 23 · Media David (Bernini)
Module 24 · Media The Calling of St. Matthew
Module 25 · Media Judith Slaying Holofernes

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Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Emily Kim

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508-1512. High Italian Renaissance

1) Commission from Pope Julius II for the papal conclave, which serves as the Pope's private chapel and where the cardinals select the next Pope

2) Michelangelo was convinced to do this against his will for four years, as his life was threatened by Julius if he didn't agree to complete the ceiling

3) About the creation, fall, and redemption of man

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

ARH 253 (Exam 2)

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