The Drunkenness of Noah (Michelangelo fresco)

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The Drunkenness of Noah (Michelangelo fresco) is a Renaissance fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel depicting the biblical episode in which a naked, inebriated Noah is discovered by his sons.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork
biblical painting
fresco
artForm ceiling fresco
basedOn Book of Genesis NERFINISHED
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Pope Julius II NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Papal States NERFINISHED
creator Michelangelo NERFINISHED
culturalContext Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED
depicts Noah NERFINISHED
Noah lying naked
Noah's sons
biblical episode from the Book of Genesis
drunkenness of Noah
depictsCharacter Ham NERFINISHED
Japheth NERFINISHED
Shem NERFINISHED
depictsMoment Noah discovered drunk by his sons
depictsNudity Noah NERFINISHED
genre history painting
religious art
hasArtisticStyle monumental figure style
sculptural modeling of bodies
hasLanguage none (visual artwork)
hasMedium fresco
hasSubjectHeading Noah in art
Old Testament in art NERFINISHED
Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes NERFINISHED
iconographicSource Genesis 9:20–27
locatedIn Sistine Chapel NERFINISHED
Vatican City
movement High Renaissance NERFINISHED
partOf Sistine Chapel ceiling NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Sistine Chapel Genesis scenes NERFINISHED
positionOnCeiling one of the narrative panels
religion Christianity
theme family
intoxication
shame
sin
usesPerspective Renaissance perspective techniques

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