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The Prophet Joel is one of the seven Old Testament prophets painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c. 1508–1512) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City. This particular fresco imagines the person of Joel, a prophet from the Hebrew Bible, whose teachings appear in the ...
Joel (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ əl /; Hebrew: יוֹאֵל – Yōʾēl; Greek: Ἰωήλ – Iōḗl; Syriac: ܝܘܐܝܠ – Yu'il) is a Biblical prophet, the second of the Twelve Minor Prophets, and, according to itself, the author of the Book of Joel, which is set in the early Assyrian period.
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which The Creation of Adam is the best known, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations. The complex ...
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The Prophet Jonah is opposite the fresco of the prophet Zachariah. [5] Behind the figure of Jonah, Michelangelo has painted a large fish (a tarpon), a reference to the fact that in the Book of Jonah, Jonah is swallowed by one. A close-up of the face of the central figure
Michelangelo's reference to the 'Laocoön Group' in the 'Brazen Serpent' has been noted above, but the artist also alluded to this sculpture in other areas of the Sistine ceiling, including the 'Punishment of Haman', [61] and a pair of ignudi between the 'Sacrifice of Noah' and the 'Prophet Isiah'.
Importuno di Michelangelo: c. 1504 Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Pietraforte Rothschild Bronzes [6] 1506–1508 Fitzwilliam Museum: Bronze Male torso I (in Italian) c. 1513: Casa Buonarroti, Florence Terracotta height 23 cm Male torso II (in Italian) c. 1513: Casa Buonarroti, Florence Terracotta height 22,5 cm Naked woman scale model (in Italian)
Note that in Jewish scripture, Daniel is not considered a prophet and is not included among the prophetic books. [2] c. 520 BC–c. 411 BC [citation needed] prophecy of Haggiah, Zechariah, Joel(?) Return to the land under Persian rule, and writings of Ezra-Nehemiah Story of Esther. c. 433 BC [?] [citation needed]