Separation of Land and Water
E314271
Separation of Land and Water is a fresco panel on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling illustrating the biblical moment in Genesis when God divides the waters to reveal dry land.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Separation of Land and Water canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sistine Chapel ceiling panel
ⓘ
fresco ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| access | publicly viewable ⓘ |
| artForm | mural painting ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Florentine school ⓘ |
| basedOn | Genesis creation narrative ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Pope Julius II ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1512 ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | extant ⓘ |
| country | Vatican City ⓘ |
| creator | Michelangelo ⓘ |
| creatorBirthName |
Michelangelo
ⓘ
surface form:
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
|
| creatorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| depicts |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
God dividing the waters ⓘ biblical scene ⓘ separation of land and water ⓘ |
| depictsElement |
land
ⓘ
sky ⓘ water ⓘ |
| depictsTime | third day of Creation ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian art
ⓘ
biblical painting ⓘ |
| hasArtisticTechnique | buon fresco ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Renaissance Italy
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Renaissance
|
| hasMainSubject |
the Father
ⓘ
surface form:
God the Father
creation of the world ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Vatican City)
|
| iconographicTheme |
Creation
ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| inception | 1508 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | visual art ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding | Apostolic Palace ⓘ |
| location |
Sistine Chapel
ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
pigments
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wet plaster ⓘ |
| medium | fresco ⓘ |
| movement | High Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Michelangelo ⓘ |
| partOf |
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes
ⓘ
surface form:
Sistine Chapel ceiling
|
| partOfSeries |
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes
ⓘ
surface form:
Sistine Chapel Genesis cycle
|
| positionInCycle | one of the central Genesis scenes ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| support | ceiling ⓘ |
| usesPerspective | illusionistic architecture ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.