The Last Judgment by Michelangelo

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The Last Judgment by Michelangelo is a monumental fresco covering the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, depicting the dramatic Second Coming of Christ and the final judgment of souls.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fresco ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
artMovement High Renaissance ⓘ
Mannerism ⓘ
commissionedBy Pope Clement VII ⓘ
Pope Paul III ⓘ
country Vatican City ⓘ
creator Michelangelo ⓘ
depicts Charon ⓘ
Jesus Christ as judge ⓘ
Last Judgment ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment

Minos ⓘ
Saint Bartholomew ⓘ
Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ
Saint Lawrence ⓘ
Saint Peter ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Peter

Saint Sebastian ⓘ
Second Coming of Christ ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
angels ⓘ
resurrection of the dead ⓘ
saints ⓘ
separation of the blessed and the damned ⓘ
the damned descending to Hell ⓘ
the saved ascending to Heaven ⓘ
endTime 1541 ⓘ
follows Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo ⓘ
genre Christian art ⓘ
hasPart Christ and Mary at the center ⓘ
central zone of resurrected and judged souls ⓘ
lower zone with Hell and resurrection of the dead ⓘ
upper heavenly zone ⓘ
height approximately 13.7 meters ⓘ
inception 1530s ⓘ
influencedBy Book of Revelation ⓘ
Christian eschatology ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
languageOfWork visual art ⓘ
locatedIn Sistine Chapel ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
materialUsed fresco technique ⓘ
modification addition of draperies to cover nudity ⓘ
modifiedBy Daniele da Volterra ⓘ
nickname Il Giudizio Universale ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment
partOf Apostolic Palace ⓘ
position altar wall of the Sistine Chapel ⓘ
significantEvent Council of Trent–inspired censorship ⓘ
Counter-Reformation criticism ⓘ
startTime 1536 ⓘ
unveiled 1541 ⓘ
width approximately 12.2 meters ⓘ

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Sistine Chapel → notableWork → The Last Judgment by Michelangelo ⓘ
Late Renaissance → hasNotableWork → Last Judgment (Michelangelo) ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment by Michelangelo