Sun-symbolism and cosmology in Michelangelo's Last Judgment

Author

Shrimplin-Evangelidis, Valerie

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Sixteenth century journal. 1990, Num. 4, Vol. 21, 607-644, 9 ill.

ISSN

0361-0160

Abstract (en)

Proposes new sources for the circular design of the fresco around a central Apollonian Sun-Christ (Rome, Vatican, Sistine Chapel). These are dependent upon the common ground shared between the Catholic Reformation revival of the traditional Christian analogy between the Deity and the Sun, the Neoplatonic cult of Sun-symbolism, literary sources in Dante, and the actual scientific theory of heliocentricity as developed by Copernicus. A new biblical source for the fresco is suggested--Revelation 19:16--that lends weight to the central theme of the hypothesis.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Mural painting
• Last Judgment
• Vaticano, Cappella Sistina||Roma (ITA)
• Italy
• 1500-1600
• Circles
• Last Judgment
• Iconography
• Christian iconography
• Apollo
• Sun
• Jesus Christ
• Catholic Church
• Neo-Platonism
• Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
• Writings
• Sources
• Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
• Cosmology
• Bible, N.T., Revelation
• Composition

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564
• Peinture murale
• Jugement dernier
• Vaticano, Cappella Sistina||Roma (ITA)
• Italie
• 1500-1600
• Cercle
• Jugement dernier
• Iconographie
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Apollon
• Soleil
• Christ
• Eglise catholique
• Néoplatonisme
• Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
• Ecrits
• Sources
• Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
• Cosmologie
• Bible, N.T., Apocalypse
• Composition

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19921001-00433019

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