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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 ...
Prophet Joel (Michelangelo) P. Prophets and Patriarchs (Ribera) S. Standard of Our Lady of Mercy; Suardi Chapel This page was last edited on 2 May 2024, at 01:03 ...
Prophet Joel (Michelangelo) Prophet Jonah (Michelangelo) S. Separation of Light from Darkness This page was last edited on 27 April 2022, at 22:40 (UTC). Text is ...
Giuliano's posture recalls that of Michelangelo's Moses and also the Prophet Joel on the vault of the Sistine Chapel. The armor adheres to the body like a sheath, revealing the muscular torso, just as the high shoes disappear along the shin to reveal the bare feet.
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 was particularly interested in kidney function because he suffered from kidney stones throughout his adult life and documented this interest in his letters and poems, according to Eknoyan. Eknoyan suggested [9] that Michelangelo concealed an image of a kidney in the Separation of Land and Water, the third panel in the Genesis series.