• steeznson@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    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.

  • Sergio@slrpnk.netOP
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    6 days ago

    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…