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Sistine Chapel: The Ceiling

Michelangelo frescoed the ceiling for Pope
Julius II between 1508 and 1512, working Libyan Sibyl
The pagan
on specially designed scaffolding. The main prophetess reaches
panels, which chart the Creation of the for the Book of
World and Fall of Man, are surrounded by Know ledge.
subjects from the Old and New Testaments – Like most
except for the Classical Sibyls who are said female figures
Michelangelo
to have foreseen the birth of Christ. In the painted, the
1980s the ceiling was restored, revealing beautiful Libyan
colours of an unsuspected vibrancy. Sibyl was probably
modelled on a man.

Creation of the
Sun and Moon
Key to Ceiling Panels
Genesis: 1 God Dividing Light from Darkness;
2 Creation of the Sun and Moon; 3 Separating Waters
from Land; 4 Creation of Adam; 5 Creation of Eve;
6 Original Sin; 7 Sacrifice of Noah; 8 The Deluge;
9 Drunkenness of Noah.
Ancestors of Christ: 10 Solomon with his Mother;
KEY 11 Parents of Jesse; 12 Rehoboam with Mother; 13 Asa
with Parents; 14 Uzziah with Parents; 15 Hezekiah with
1 Illusionistic architecture Parents; 16 Zerubbabel with Parents; 17 Josiah with
Parents.
2 The lunettes are devoted to
frescoes of the ancestors of Christ, Prophets: 18 Jonah; 19 Jeremiah; 20 Daniel; 21 Ezekiel;
22 Isaiah; 23 Joel; 24 Zechariah.
like Hezekiah.
Sibyls: 25 Libyan Sibyl; 26 Persian Sibyl; 27 Cumaean
3 The Ignudi are athletic male Sibyl; 28 Erythrean Sibyl; 29 Delphic Sibyl.
nudes whose significance is Old Testament scenes of salvation: 30 Punishment of
uncertain. Haman; 31 Moses and the Brazen Serpent; 32 David
and Goliath; 33 Judith and Holofernes.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp573–6 and pp596–600
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Eyewitness Travel LAYERS PRINTED:
Starsight template “UK” LAYER
(Source v2.2)
Date 23rd October 2012
Size 125mm x 217mm