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The Last Judgment (Italian: Il Giudizio Universale) [1] is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is a depiction of the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity.
The Last Judgment (tempera on panel) is a painting by the Renaissance artist Fra Angelico. It was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for the newly elected abbot, the humanist scholar Ambrogio Traversari. [1] It is variously dated to c1425, [2] 1425–1430 [3] and 1431. [1]
Researchers claim to have come across a figure of great importance in Michelangelo’s nearly 500-year-old painting, The Last Judgment. Located on an entire altar wall in the Sistine Chapel in ...
Fra Angelico, O.P. (/ f r ɑː æ n ˈ dʒ ɛ l ɪ k oʊ /; [1] Italian: [fra anˈdʒɛliko]; born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 [2] – 18 February 1455) was a Dominican friar and Italian Renaissance painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent". [3]
The Sistine Chapel's ceiling restoration began on 7 November 1984. When the restoration was completed, the chapel was re-opened to the public on 8 April 1994. The part of the restoration in the Sistine Chapel that has caused the most concern is the ceiling, painted by Michelangelo.
The team of art-history and medical experts found that the Florentine sculptor and painter’s detailing of the woman’s right breast and area close to her right armpit was consistent with the ...
Detail from a medieval Doom wall-painting, St Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge, 15th century Slay Judgement, Fra Angelico, panel painting, 1425–1430 Last Judgement, Stefan Lochner, panel painting, 1435 St Mary's Church, North Leigh, Oxfordshire, 15th century St James's Church, South Leigh, Oxfordshire, 15th century Detail from the 12th-century mural at the Church of St Peter and St ...
The Niccoline Chapel (Italian: Cappella Niccolina) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. It is especially notable for its fresco paintings by Fra Angelico (1447–1451) and his assistants, who may have executed much of the actual work. The name is derived from its patron, Pope Nicholas V, who had it built for use as his private ...