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  2. Gallery of the Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia

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    The Prophets of Israel and the Sibyls of the pagan world foretold the coming of the Messiah.Both have been included by Michelangelo as a sign that the Messiah (Jesus Christ) was to come not just for the Jews but also for the Gentiles (non-Jewish people).

  3. Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia

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    Michelangelo chose the ancestors of Christ as the subject of these images, [124] thus juxtaposing Jesus' physical lineage with the popes, his spiritual successors according to the Church. [125] Centrally placed above each window is a faux marble tablet with a decorative frame. On each is painted the names of the male line by which Jesus ...

  4. Hanging Church - Wikipedia

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    The Hanging Church was erected over the citadel's old south Bastions, which marked the main gate to the fortress, and gives the church its ‘hanging’ feature. Beneath the church is the old atrium entrance, with niched walls that once contained statues.

  5. Ciborium (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    13th-century Yaroslavl Gospels, with curtained ciborium in the centre; a common motif in Evangelist portraits. Images and documentary mentions of early examples often have curtains called tetravela hung between the columns; these altar-curtains were used to cover and then reveal the view of the altar by the congregation at points during services — exactly which points varied, and is often ...

  6. Vault (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Gothic rib vault ceiling of the Saint-Séverin church in Paris Interior elevation view of a Gothic cathedral, with rib-vaulted roof highlighted. In architecture, a vault (French voûte, from Italian volta) is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof.

  7. Cornice - Wikipedia

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    Cornice of Maison Carrée (Nîmes, France), a Roman temple in the Corinthian order, with dentils nearest the wall.. In Ancient Greek architecture and its successors using the classical orders in the tradition of classical architecture, the cornice is the topmost element of the entablature, which consists (from top to bottom) of the cornice, the frieze, and the architrave.

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