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The Last Judgment (Italian: Il Giudizio Universale) 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.
May 23, 2024 · Michelangelo's The Last Judgment, explained. Pope Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint a fresco in the Sistine Chapel in 1534. See all videos for this article. The Last Judgment is generally regarded as one of Michelangelo’s greatest masterpieces.
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The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (Hebrew: יום הדין, romanized: Yom ha-Dīn; Arabic: یوم القيامة, romanized: Yawm al-Qiyāmah or یوم الدین, Yawm ad-Dīn) is a concept found across the Abrahamic religions and the ...
Michelangelo’s Last Judgment is among the most powerful renditions of this moment in the history of Christian art. Over 300 muscular figures, in an infinite variety of dynamic poses, fill the wall to its edges.
Dec 7, 2022 · The Last Judgment, which was painted several decades later, is a powerful fresco filled with angels and demons that covers the entire altar wall. Painted when Michelangelo was fully in his mature style, the artwork instantly made an impact and stirred controversy.
Dec 6, 2023 · The Last Judgment was one of the first art works Paul III commissioned upon his election to the papacy in 1534. The church he inherited was in crisis; the Sack of Rome (1527) was still a recent memory.
Michelangelo painted the Last Judgment on the Sistine Chapel's altar wall, depicting Christ as a powerful judge separating the blessed from the damned. The scene shows intense physicality and symbolic value in the human body, reflecting Michelangelo's changing perspective and the Church's challenges during the Protestant Reformation.
