Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
By: Andrew Graham-Dixon.
Contributors: Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781602393684
Subjects: Michelangelo Buonarroti, -- 1475-1564 -- Criticism and interpretation; Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City); Bible. -- O. T. -- Illustrations; Mural painting and decoration, Italian -- Vatican City; Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance -- Vatican City
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Michelangelo Buonarroti and his the Sistine Chapel ceiling; title: I. The Genesis cycle, first triad; title: II.The Genesis cycle, second triad; title: III.The Genesis cycle, last triad; title: IV. The four spandrel paintings; title: V. The imaginary architecture, the bronze figures, the ignudi; title: VI . The ancestors of Christ; title: VII. The prophets and sibyls; title: The Last Judgement, and other endings; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Illustration acknowledgements; title: Index; title: The Genesis cycle.   1. The separation of light and darkness; title: 2. The creation of the sun, moon and plants; title: 3. The creation of life in the waters; title: 4. The creation of Adam; title: 5. The creation of Eve; title: 6. The temptation and expulsion from Paradise; title: 7. The deluge; title: 8. The sacrifice of Noah; title: 9. The drunkenness of Noah; title: The spandrel paintings; title: The prophets and sibyls; title: 10. David and Goliath; title: 11. Judith and Holofernes; title: 12. The Death of Haman; title: 13. The brazen serpent; title: 14. Libyan Sibyl; title: 15. Daniel; title: 16. Cumaean Sibyl; title: 17. Isaiah; title: 18. Delphic Sibyl; title: 19. Zechariah; title: 20. Joel; title: 21. Erythraean Sibyl; title: 22. Ezekiel; title: 23. Persian Sibyl; title: 24. Jeremiah.