The Last Judgment - detail of a damned man (1541) - Michaelangelo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Michelangelo)

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Sergio@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 1y

I'm just working through something... I've liked this one since I was a kid...

btw I recently watched that movie Conclave which takes place in the Sistine Chapel, where the The Last Judgment is located, and a couple of times people gaze upwards at the paintings for inspiration...

CommanderZander@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Hey, it took 2 & a snake to defeat him, that's flattering in its way.

steeznson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

There's a theory that the boneless person who is just skin, with a pained expression on his face, in the Sistine Chapel is a self-portrait of Michaelangelo. He painted it under extremely challenging circumstances at one point the Pope beat him with a switch because it was taking too long in his opinion.