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Michelangelo, Copernicus and the Sistine Chapel

Dr Valerie Shrimplin · Gresham College

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It is argued that Copernicus’ theory of the sun-centred universe is a key underlying theme in Michelangelo’s fresco of the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo's revolutionary design, depicting Christ as an Apollonian 'sun-god' positioned in the centre of a dramatic circular composition, seems relate to Copernicus’s theory of the sun-centred universe - providing important evidence of papal support for Copernican heliocentricity as early as the 1530s.

The talk

  1. Michelangelo, Copernicus and the Sistine Chapel 2014-03-06 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Dr Valerie Shrimplin
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Religion, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
Source
Gresham College
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