Visita virtual Capela Sistina | Video 04 de 04

2 Apr 2020 · 26 min
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In this fourth installment of a virtual tour series, art historian Fábio San Juan provides an in‑depth analysis of Michelangelo’s massive fresco The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. He explains how three earlier frescoes (two lunette cycles and Perugino’s Assumption) were destroyed to make room for the work, and outlines the contractual history from Pope Clement VII to Pope Paul III, including Michelangelo’s reluctant acceptance, his age (60), the five‑year solo execution, and the accident that left him bedridden for a month. The lecture then walks through the complex iconography: Christ the Judge flanked by the Virgin, saints (both identified and ambiguous), wingless angels with trumpets, the resurrected dead, the condemned, and the inclusion of mythological figures such as Charon and Minos. San Juan discusses the controversy over the numerous nude figures, the later covering of genitals by Daniele da Volterra (the “Braghettone”), and the political‑religious backdrop of the Protestant Reformation, the 1527 Sack of Rome, and the waning papal authority, arguing that the fresco anticipates Baroque drama. Finally, he situates the chapel’s decoration as a catechetical visual Bible, designed to teach the illiterate, and reflects on Michelangelo’s stylistic innovations—twisting bodies, apter angels, and dynamic composition—that heralded a shift from High Renaissance harmony to Baroque expressiveness.

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