MichelangeloThe Sistine Chapel Ceiling

The Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel CeilingNine Central Panels1. Dividing Light and Dark2. Creation of Sun and Planets3. Dividing Water from the Earth4. Creation of Adam5. Creation of Eve6. Temptation and Expulsion7. Sacrifice of Isaac8. The Great Flood9. Noah in his Drunkenness

Why did Michelangelo want to depict these nine scenes?

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9. Noah in his Drunkenness

8. The Great Flood

7. Sacrifice of Isaac

6. Temptation and Expulsion

5. Creation of Eve (Center panel. Last done before scaffolding is moved)

4. Creation of Adam

3. Dividing Water from Earth

2. Creation of Sun and Planets

1. Dividing Light and Dark

The Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Male figures are prophets. Female figures are sibyls.

Prophets & Sibyls

The Sistine Chapel CeilingPendentive Art