Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes

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High Renaissance artwork fresco cycle

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes are a monumental High Renaissance masterpiece depicting scenes from the Book of Genesis and other biblical narratives, renowned for their dramatic composition, anatomical precision, and profound theological symbolism.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Sistine Chapel ceiling 13
Genesis cycle on Sistine Chapel ceiling 2
Sistine Chapel Genesis cycle 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf High Renaissance artwork ⓘ
fresco cycle ⓘ
artMovement High Renaissance ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Julius II ⓘ
creator Michelangelo ⓘ
culturalSignificance masterpiece of Western art ⓘ
depicts Ancestors of Christ ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Creation of Adam ⓘ
Creation of Eve ⓘ
Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants ⓘ
Creation of the world ⓘ
surface form: Creation of the World

Drunkenness of Noah ⓘ
Ignudi ⓘ
Medallions with biblical scenes ⓘ
Old Testament prophets ⓘ
Separation of Land and Water ⓘ
Separation of Light from Darkness ⓘ
Sibyl ⓘ
surface form: Sibyls

The Fall of Man ⓘ
surface form: The Fall of Man and Expulsion from Eden

The Flood ⓘ
dimensionNote covers most of the Sistine Chapel ceiling ⓘ
endDate 1512 ⓘ
genre religious art ⓘ
hasPart Creation of Adam ⓘ
surface form: The Creation of Adam

The Last Judgment ⓘ
surface form: The Last Judgment (altar wall) is not part of the ceiling
influenced Baroque ceiling painting ⓘ
Mannerism ⓘ
influencedBy classical sculpture ⓘ
locatedIn Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Sistine Chapel ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
materialUsed fresco ⓘ
originalFunction papal chapel decoration ⓘ
partOf decoration of the Sistine Chapel ⓘ
patronageContext papal commission ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
restored 1980–1994 restoration campaign ⓘ
startDate 1508 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic anatomical precision ⓘ
complex foreshortening ⓘ
dramatic composition ⓘ
illusionistic architecture ⓘ
monumental figures ⓘ
technique buon fresco ⓘ
theologicalTheme Creation ⓘ
The Fall of Man ⓘ
surface form: Fall of Man

Redemption ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of Vatican City World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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Pope Julius II → commissioned → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
Michelangelo → notableWork → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Vatican Museums → notableWork → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Western canon of art → includesWork → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
High Renaissance → hasNotableWork → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
The Warrior Pope → commissioned → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
subject surface form: Pope Julius II
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Perugino → notableWork → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
Italian Renaissance painting → hasNotableWork → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Sistine Chapel ceiling
Pazzi Conspiracy → isDepictedIn → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Divine Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel (various artworks and chronicles)
Giuliano della Rovere → commissionedWork → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Creation of Adam → partOf → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
subject surface form: The Creation of Adam
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Creation of Adam → partOfSeries → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
subject surface form: The Creation of Adam
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes
Creation of Adam → partOfSeries → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
subject surface form: The Creation of Adam
this entity surface form: Genesis cycle on Sistine Chapel ceiling
Creation of Eve → partOf → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Creation of Eve → series → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel Genesis cycle
Separation of Light from Darkness → partOf → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Separation of Light from Darkness → partOfSeries → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling creation scenes
Separation of Light from Darkness → iconographicCycle → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genesis cycle on Sistine Chapel ceiling
Separation of Land and Water → partOf → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Separation of Land and Water → partOfSeries → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel Genesis cycle
Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants → partOf → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants → partOfSeries → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Genesis frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling
The Flood → notableDepictionLocation → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Drunkenness of Noah → partOf → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
subject surface form: The Drunkenness of Noah (Michelangelo fresco)
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling
Ignudi → locatedInWork → Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes