Michelangelo Paints the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo Paints the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo Paints the Sistine Chapel
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<strong>Michelangelo</strong> <strong>Paints</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sistine</strong> <strong>Chapel</strong><br />
1. How did <strong>Michelangelo</strong>’s fa<strong>the</strong>r try to keep <strong>Michelangelo</strong> from drawing as a child? _____________________________<br />
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2. What two sculptures established <strong>Michelangelo</strong> as a great artist? Who commissioned each individual work?<br />
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3. Why did Raphael &Bramante conspire to have <strong>Michelangelo</strong> paint <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sistine</strong> <strong>Chapel</strong>? What outcome was expected?<br />
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4. How long did it take <strong>Michelangelo</strong> to paint <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sistine</strong> <strong>Chapel</strong>? _____________________________________________<br />
5. Who is Ascanio Condivi and what did he do? ___________________________________________________________<br />
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6. What did Pope Julius often do as <strong>Michelangelo</strong> painted <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sistine</strong> <strong>Chapel</strong>? __________________________________<br />
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7. How did Raphael react upon seeing how well <strong>Michelangelo</strong>’s fresco on <strong>the</strong> ceiling was coming along?<br />
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8. How did <strong>Michelangelo</strong> attack Bramante’s decision making? How did this help <strong>Michelangelo</strong> keep his job?<br />
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9. How did Pope Julius contribute to <strong>the</strong> early finishing of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sistine</strong> <strong>Chapel</strong>? ___________________________________<br />
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10. What two finishing touches did <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sistine</strong> <strong>Chapel</strong> not receive because of Pope Julius’s haste? __________________<br />
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11. Why did <strong>Michelangelo</strong> not want to add Julius’s finishing touches? What did he argue to make his point about gold?<br />
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12. What was <strong>Michelangelo</strong>’s commission for painting <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sistine</strong> <strong>Chapel</strong>? _____________________________________<br />
13. What temporary problem did <strong>Michelangelo</strong> suffer from after completion of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sistine</strong> <strong>Chapel</strong>? Why? ___________<br />
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