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sidekick
11-30-2004, 11:07 PM
I forget not exactly where I read it was, somebody was asking about the different popes and the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Also buy can recall , accordingly. Pope Julius a second died shortly after the completion of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. His successor , Leo X, turn to Michelangelo's archrival Raphael and commissioned him to design ten tapestries representing the apostles. They were hung for the first time during the Christmas celebrations of 1519 in the lower part of the Chapel.

In 1533 , however, the new Pope Clement VII, summoned Michelangelo to roam to interest in with another painting project in the Sistine Chapel. The historical context , inspired the pontiff to have the altar will decorated with the monumental Fresco depicting the last judgment and the with opposite wall with a resurrection. For some reason , the resurrection was never realized scaffolding for the last judgment was erected between April and August 15 35. And by 1537 the actual painting was well under way . the monumental Fresco was unveiled on 31st of October 15 41. Altogether, it featured some 400 figures ranging in size from 2.5 2.6 meters. The Vasari tells us on the day its inauguration , the work was discovered . "with wonder and astonishment by all of Rome and whole world. "
If you words on the social and psychological state of the artist . during this period would be in order , I imagine. Says 1515 he had been too closely associated with the this list is of the popes not have been deeply affected by the crisis of the Reformation and the sack of Rome. Other factors made themselves felt quite while he was working on the last judgment . most of all his relationship with Victoria: a a woman of great learning and literary ability with whom he maintained a great relationship and a passionate exchange of letters and poems. She introduced him to the battalion Reformation , a movement that advocated profound changes within the Roman Catholic Church. Michelangelo , deeply hurt by the attacks on his detractors and hounded by his patrons and the demands of his family, officer come to the inner torment and spells of acute anxiety. He lost his father in beloved brother and his spirits also low that he wrote . "I am reproached every day as if I have personally crucified Christ""