1. Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
by MICHELANGELO
part 3

2. Exterior of the Sistine Chapel 1475-83 - Cappella Sistina, Vatican

3. Interior of the Sistine Chapel 1475-83, 1508-12, 1535-41 Frescoes Cappella Sistina, Vatican

4. Lunette and Popes 1475-83, 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican
Detail of the wall decoration , Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican

5. Biblical Scenes (Genesis)
The ceiling is divided by fictive cornice into nine compartments in which the stories of Genesis - from the Separation of Light from Darkness to the Drunkenness of Noah - are represented. In the five compartments above the thrones of the seers, the field of the narrative scenes is limited in size by the presence of four figures of ignudi. The scenes begin from the altar wall and proceed toward the entrance; Michelangelo painted them in reverse order since he started from the area near the entrance wall.

6. Separation of Light from Darkness, 1511, Fresco, 180 x 260 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

7. Separation of Light from Darkness (with ignudi and medallions), 1511, Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

8. Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants, 1511, Fresco, 280 x 570 cm

9. Separation of the Earth from the Waters, 1511, Fresco, 155 x 270 cm

10. Separation of the Earth from the Waters (with ignudi and medallions), 1511, Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

12. Creation of Adam, 1510, Fresco, 280 x 570 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

13. Creation of Eve, 1509-10, Fresco, 170 x 260 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

14. Creation of Eve (with ignudi and medallions), 1509-10, Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

15. The Fall and Expulsion from Garden of Eden, 1509-10 Fresco, 280 x 570 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

16. Sacrifice of Noah, 1509, Fresco, 170 x 260 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

17. Sacrifice of Noah (with ignudi and medallions), 1509, Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

18. The Deluge, 1508-09, Fresco, 280 x 570 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

19. Drunkenness of Noah, 1509, Fresco, 170 x 260 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

20. Drunkenness of Noah (with ignudi and medallions), 1509, Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

21. Ignudi (decorative nude figures)
As part of the decorative scheme of the ceiling, above each of the thrones of the sibyls and prophets (except Zechariah and Jonah) are two figures of ignudi, sitting on plinths and bearing garlands of oak leaves and acorns, and of medallions painted to resemble bronze, with episodes drawn from the books of Genesis, Samuel, Kings, and Maccabees. Although it is within the painted architectural structure, their prominent position - contiguous to the nine prophetic visions - means that they cannot be considered as ornamental elements, and suggests that their function is more than the merely heraldic one attributed to them by Vasari. They seem rather to have been conceived as angelic figures in the special acceptation of "intermediary spirits between men and the Godhead" suggested by Charles de Tolnay.

22. Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican
Ignudo, 1509,
Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

24. Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican
Ignudo, ,
Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

27. Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican
Ignudo, 1511,
Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican

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