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Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Sketches on View in the U.S.
The scenes portrayed in the Sistine Chapel are from the Bible's Book of ... are two sketches of the 12 apostles (the disciples of Jesus in the New Testament), which Pope Julius II, who ...
America Magazine7d
Holy Saturday is for sitting near the tomb in the garden
Among the wilderness, there are places for contemplation, if one knows where to look: park benches, lonely taverne, C-list ...
The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...
Sydney Morning Herald25d
No Michelangelo, but Rome’s other Sistine Chapel is just as impressive
Entering the Sistine Chapel is an exercise in wonder ... fresco panels depicting the birth of Jesus and gracefully curving golden archways provide an excessive visual buffet.
The Register Citizen6d
The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
from Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” to Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel, were produced during this period. But the all-time most-reproduced image of Jesus comes ...
Greenwich Time6d
The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
Anna Swartwood House, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) The portrayal of Jesus as a white ... s “Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel, were produced during this period.