# Michelangelo's "Last Judgment"

Produced by the BBC for the British Open University

Considers the meaning of the "Last Judgment," painted by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, in the context of the iconographic scheme for the rest of the chapel. Modern reactions, as well as quotations from Dante, the Bible, and a variety of 16th-century critics, are used to clarify its meaning. Examines the fresco in light of the 16th-century "esthetic-vs.-devout" issue. From the Art in Italy series

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1978
- By: Open University, British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Media Guild
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/michelangeloslastjudgment)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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