1. Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
by MICHELANGELO
part 1

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. Prophets and Sibyls
On the side walls of the chapel, five prophets alternate with the same number of sibyls, so that each prophet is paired with a sibyl on the opposite wall: the Delphic Sibyl and Joel, Isaiah, and the Erythraean Sibyl, the Cumaean Sibyl and Ezekiel, Daniel and the Persian Sibyl, the Libyan Sibyl, and Jeremiah. This studied parallelism alludes both to the theme of the universality of the message of Redemption and the idea of the perfect concordance of the Revelation in the Judaic world and in the pagan one.
The other two prophets - Zechariah and Jonah - are represented on the major axis of the Sistine Chapel. This arrangement has a particular significance, too, since Zechariah, depicted above the chapel door that the pope solemnly passed through on Palm Sunday - recalling the regal entry of Christ into Jerusalem and beginning the ceremonies of Holy Week - was considered to be the main prophet of the Passion of Christ, while Jonah, placed above the altar, was usually thought to be the precursor of the risen Christ.
Lunette and Popes , Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican
Detail of the wall decoration , Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican

5. Zechariah, 1509, Fresco, 360 x 390 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

6. Jonah, 1511, Fresco, 400 x 380 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

7. The Delphic Sibyl, 1509, Fresco, 350 x 380 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

8. Joel, 1509, Fresco, 355 x 380 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

9. Putti, 1511, Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

10. Isaiah, 1509, Fresco, 365 x 380 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

11. The Erythraean Sibyl, 1509, Fresco, 360 x 380 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

12. The Cumaean Sibyl, 1510, Fresco, 375 x 380 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

13. Ezekiel, 1510, Fresco, 355 x 380 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

14. Daniel, 1511, Fresco, 395 x 380 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

15. The Persian Sibyl, 1511, Fresco, 400 x 380 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

16. The Libyan Sibyl, 1511, Fresco, 395 x 380 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

17. Putti, 1511, Fresco, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

18. Frescoes in the triangular spandrels (Ancestors of Christ)
Occupying the triangular fields between the thrones of the prophets and sibyls, above the lunettes, the eight spandrels of the side walls contain family groups with figures seated or reclining on the bare ground, in poses that seem to draw on the theme of the flight into Egypt. Together with the groups or single figures in the lunettes on either side of the tablets, they represent the generations of Christ's ancestors. Due to the lack of typological elements or precise attributions and, in most cases, of iconographic precedents, it is difficult; if not impossible, to identify the figures represented.

19. Ancestors of Christ: figures, Fresco, 245 x 340 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

20. Ancestors of Christ: figures, 1510, Fresco, 245 x 340 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican

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