MICHELANGELO
“The last judgment”, 1537-41
1370- 1220 cm. - fresco in the Sistine Chapel
Although such title can be highly disputed, it is possible that Michelangelo Buonarroti is the most important artist who ever lived. Prototype of a Renaissance genius, vigorous and self-confident, Michelangelo was a painter, a sculptor, an architect, a drawer... and he created unforgettable masterpieces in all those artistic genres.
The frescoes that Michelangelo painted in the Sistine Chapel constitute one of the supreme masterworks of Western Art. The scene of “the last judgment”, in which he worked for four years, is a colossal composition in which the vigorous Michelangelo creates a universe of titans, formed by almost sculptural volumes, which help us to understand why the artist signed his works with these two words: “Michelangelo, sculptor”
Text: G. Fernández, www.theartwolf.com
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