SISTINE CHAPEL,VATICAN CITY

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SISTINE CHAPEL,VATICAN CITY

history backgroundSISTINE CHAPEL

ORIGINAL EXTERIOR OF SISTINE CHAPEL BEFORE LATER CHANGES WERE MADE.

POPE SIXTUS IV

STRUCTURES &LAYOUT

SISTINE CHAPEL ARCHITECTURE

SISTINE CHAPEL

- HIGH RECTANGULAR BUILDING: interior; 40.9 metres long, and 13.4 metres wide.

- the building had 6 tall arched windows down each side and two at either end, several of which had been blocked.

- NO DOOR WAYS

- only visible through nearby windows

LAYOUT

INTERIOR OF SISTINE CHAPEL

THE INTERIOR OF THE CHAPEL HAS 3 STATIONS.- THE CONCLAVE- FRESCOES- MICHELEANGELO’S FRESCOES

1 STATION: THE CONCLAVE

- HAS 2 FUNCTIONS: THE CONCLAVE AND ITS ARTWORK

- A ROOM WHERE A POPE IS ELECTED

- THE building’s wall is painted with biblical stories

2 STATION: FRESCOES

THE NORTHERN WALL INCLUDES THE STORY OF CHRIST

BAPTISM OF CHRIST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST VOCATION OF THE APOSTLES

THE SERMON OF THE MOUNT

THE DELIVERY OF THE KEYS THE LAST SUPPER

2 STATION: FRESCOES

THE SOUTHERN WALL INCLUDES THE STORY OF MOSES

MOSES LEAVING TO EGYPT THE TRIALS OF MOSES THE CROSSING OF THE

RED SEA

DESCENT FROM MOUNT SINAI

PUNISHMENT OF THE REBELS

THE TESTAMENT AND DEATH OF MOSES

3 STATION: MICHELEANGELO FRESCOES

THE CEILING AND CHAPEL WESTERN WALL WERE CREATED BY MICHELEANGELO BUONARROTI

1508 - 1512

NOAH IS DRUNK AND

DISGRACEDTHE GREAT

FLOOD

NOAH AND HIS FAMILY MADE A SACRIFICE AFTHER

THE FLOOD

ADAM AND EVE ARE TEMPTED ARE SENT AWAY FROM

THE GARDEN

GOD CREATES

EVE

GOD CREATES ADAM

GOD DIVIDES THE WATER FROM THE

EARTH

GOD CREATES THE SUN AND THE PLANETS

GOD CREATES LIGHT FROM DARKNESS

3 STATION: MICHELEANGELO FRESCOES

IN 1535, MICHELEANGELO WAS ONCE AGAIN COMMISSIONED TO PAINT THE WESTERN WALL BY THE

ALTAR.

1535 - 1541

THE LAST JUDGEMENT

TYPES OF MATERIALS USED

MULTICOLOURRED MOSAIC

VAULTED CEILING

REFERENCE LINK

http://structurae.net/structures/sistine-chapel

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-sistine-chapel

http://people.umass.edu/latour/Italy/sistine/

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/high-ren-florence-rome/michelangelo/v/michelangelo-ceiling-of-the-sistine-chapel-1508-12