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The Deluge: Ceiling Of Sistine Chapel

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The Deluge is a fresco painted on the ceiling of Sistine Chapel in the period of 1508-1509 by Michelangelo. Also, it is one of the nine stories in the Michelangelo's fresco of "Genesis", decorating the highest part of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Five of the screen is slightly smaller, each surrounded by four naked portraits. Accruing to Artable, these screens are: "Noah drunk", "Noah's sacrifice", "The Creation of Eve", "God separates sea and land", and "God separates light and dark." Also, another four scenes of bigger picture are arranged in several pairs of arches, which are namely: "The Deluge", "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden", "The Creation of Adam" and "God creates the stars." (Artble)
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The composition of this work is divided into a series of separate groups, and a curve-like distribution. The background of dull, dull colors, these people are relieved with effects like embossment, showing relief effect. Sharp contrasting colors among green, blue, purple and pink enhanced apocalyptic atmospheres. Genesis provides reasons why God sent the great Flood in Chapter 6: The earth was filled with evil and violence, and all the people in the land had perverted their way. (qt. Grigg, Russell …show more content…

He has to draw the breathtaking beauties of human bodies that could make people breath as well as human weakness and indestructible strength. Before Michelangelo’s painting, the Sistine Chapel frescoes on the wall were already drawn. However, Michelangelo is ambitious that he wants to use his frescoes to prove, "those fresco painters before him are doomed to be eclipsed by his efforts." And he noted in his diary, saying: "On May 10, 1508, on this day, I, the sculptor Michelangelo, has received 500 Ducato from the pope Holiness Julius II, as the remuneration of painting works on the ceiling of Chapel. I also started my work on this day. "
At that time, popes paid more attention to the church buildings as defenses. And because of this, Vatican buildings are more like castles instead of palaces. The buildings in Vatican, expect St. Paul's Church that is built of white marble, were only built by yellow and red bricks. The houses are composed of little decorative appearance, ordinary common. Under the circumstance like this, the famous Sistine Chapel is like a rectangular box, much like a prison. Historically, it has truly been used as indeed detained prisoners. Afterward, Michelangelo was also become a "prisoner"

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