art history

School of Athens . Raphael. 1509–1511 C.E. Fresco. STANZA DELLA SEGNATURA; FRESCOES, HIGH RENAISSANCE; APARTMENT WHERE POPE LIVED; THEME OF POETRY, JUSTICE, THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE; ROMAN ARCHITECTURE; SHARING/ACCUMULATION OF KNOWLEDGE; ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS DEPICTED INTERACT WITH MICHELANGELO; FIGURES DIVIDED INTO GROUPS; LINEAR PERSPECTIVE; CHRISTIAN FIGURES; CELEBRATION OF ALL ASPECTS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes. Vatican City, Italy. Michelangelo. Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508–1512 C.E.; altar frescoes: c. 1536–1541 C.E. Fresco. AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD; FRESCOES FOR POPE JULIUS; SCENES OF OLD TESTAMENT; DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS; CREATION OF EARTH AND THE HEAVENS; CREATION OF ADAM AND EVE; EXPULSION OF NOAH FROM EDEN; NOAH AND THE GREAT FLOOD MOST FAMOUS - CREATION OF ADAM, COMPLEX NARRATIVES; SHIFT IN STYLE AFTER A BREAK; TELLS STORY OF THE GENESIS, COMPLETED IN 1512