The Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art.

I think the whole painting and designing and time spent on the Sistine Chapel is astonishing. The sheer scale of the painting is massive. Michelangelo really demonstrated the full potential of his art potential when he painted this piece. He goes into great detail and shows many different positions of people standing. He shows great emotion in his paintings which really tell the story of the bible passages in the paintings.

 

The Sistine Chapel Painting (Mainly the creation of David) has inspired many artists. Historically a late Baroque style 1700s painter Francois Lemoyne painted a lesser known Ceiling Frescoe named “Apotheosis of Hercules”.

I believe that this painter was influenced by Michelangelo because their ceiling paintings show many of the same qualities. Their use of light really makes the painting stand out. The colours, lines and detail used by Lemoyne are a lot grander although both painting are extremely high quality. I like Michelangelo’s sheer detail and form of his human figures because they are a lot more detailed however the vastness and amount to look at in Lemoyne’s is greater.




John Alvin is a modern graphic designer who took direct inspiration from Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” in the designing of his poster for the 1982 film E.T. The connection seems obvious of the 2 fingers touching. This is almost a joke as well as a hidden “conspiracy” or “message” in the film was that aliens created us.