THE SISTINE CHAPEL
PCTO – Itt. Cristoforo Colombo Rome, 25 march 2021 Class IV°A
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Lisa Julia Adamoli, Valentin Creciun, John Tan INDEX:
Where is located? Pag.3 History Pag.4 Michelangelo Buonarroti Pag.5 Sandro Botticelli Pag.6 Domenico Ghirlandaio Pag.7
The North Wall The vocation of the first Apostles Pag.9 The delivery of Keys Pag.10 Trials of Christ Pag.11
The South Wall Jurney of Moses in Egypt Pag.14 Youth of Moses Pag.15 Punishment of thesons of Korah Pag.17
Sources Pag.18
2 WHERE IS LOCATED?
The Vatican Museum contain an immense wealth of art.
The museums offer a great variety of collections from ancient Greek to Etruscan art and of course Renaissance art.
Vatican Museum is located within the Vatican City, in Rome.
3 HISTORY
The Sistine Chapel stands on the foundation of an older chapel called the Capella Magna. In 1477, Pope Sixtus IV started a rebuilding of the chapel.
The chapel’s exterior is simple and unassuming.
In 1503, pope Julius II, decided to change some of the Sistine Chapel's decorations. He commissioned the artist Michelangelo to do it.
Pope Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint the giant fresco "The Last Judgment« in 1536.
4 MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in the small village of Caprese in 1475 and died in Rome in 1564.
In his life he painted and scolished a lot of important paintings and sculptures.
The most important are: • The Pieta • David • The Creation of Adam • The Last Jugdement
5 SANDRO BOTTICELLI
Sandro Botticelli was born around 1445 in Florence and died in Florence in 1510.
His most important works are: • Adoration of Magi • Primavera • The Birth of Venus.
6 DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO
Domenico Ghirlandaio was born in Florence in 1449 and died in Florence in 1494.
His most important works are: • The Birth of the Virgin • The Visitation
7 THE NORTH WALL
8 THE VOCATION OF THE FIRST APOSTLES
The Vocation of the First Apostles is a fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio made in 1481-1482.
The Vocation scene is divided between foreground and background
The most original element of the work is the multitude of spectators
9 THE DELIVERY OF KEYS
The Delivery of the Keys is a fresco by Pietro Perugino made in 1481-1482.
The theme of the decoration was the parallelism between the Stories of Moses and those of Christ.
10 TRIALS OF CHRIST
Trials of Christ is a fresco by Sandro Botticelli made between 1480 and 1482.
The scene of the Trials of Christ depicts the three Temptations of Jesus .
11 12 The south wall is divided into 4 horizontal bands: • the first includes the lunettes • the second represents a series of Popes • the third band represents the stories of Moses Lunettes • the fourth band sees paintings of drapes
Series of Popes
Stories of Moses
Drapes 13 JOURNEY OF MOSES IN EGYPT There are 6 paintings depicting The Stories of Moses.
Today the Old Testament cycle starts from the Journey of Moses in Egypt painted by Perugino.
On the left background is a group of shepherds.
14 YOUTH OF MOSES
Botticelli painted the second panel that describes the Youth of Moses in 1481.
The fresco shows several episodes of Moses' youth taken from Exodus: • the killing of the Egyptian • Moses fights the shepherds • Moses receives from God the task to return • Moses drives the Jews to the Promised Land
16 PUNISHMENT OF THE SONS OF KORAH
Botticelli also painted the fifth panel in 1482.
This illustrates a rather rare episode such as the Punishment of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.
17 SOURCES:
• www.wikipedia.it • www.museivaticani.va • www.englishtours.it • www.biography.com • www.livesience.com • www.theartstory.org • www.britannica.com • www.history.com
18 QUESTIONS?
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19 Lisa Julia Adamoli, Valentin Creciun, John Tan