the human drama of a biblical story
Scenes from the Bible (Old Testament).The scenes at the exact center are Creation of Eve, Fall of Man and Expulsion frm Paradise.
Michelangelo had tons of accomplishments, but his most famous ones are the Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the Pieta in Saint Peter's Basilica, and the David, which is in the Academia of Florence. The Last Judgement was completed in 1541, the Sistine Chapel ceiling in 1512, the Pieta in 1500, and the David in 1504.
it contains no architectural elements -apex
They are all meant to be for spiritual purposes; to grab people's attention to how beautiful the Sistine Chapel is, so people would want to go there for daily mass.
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of Sistine
Every room needs a ceiling. So does the Sistine Chapel.
In the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City in Rome, Italy.The Sistine Chapel was the name of the chapel in which Michelangelo painted a picture upon the ceiling.
He was famous for architecture in Florence and Rome, sculptures in Rome and Florence, mural paintings in the Vatican, and poems. Michelangelo was a Renaissance artist, sculptor, architect, and painter from Italy. His greatest masterpiece was the painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
His most famous paintings are the Genesis scenes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican). He also did the altar fresco "The Last Judgment". He is also known for two very famous sculptures : The Pieta and the Statue of David. (The former is in St. Peter's Basilica, while David is in Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia.)
The ceiling of the Sistine chapel in Vatican.
No, he did not. One of his younger contemporaries, Michelangelo, painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
The ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.