Mike, Bramante, and Raphael

Question 1

Sistine Chapel

Answer 1

Michelangelo from 1508-12 in Vatican City

• Commissioned by Pope Julius II
• It is estimated that the paintings cover almost 6000 square feet of the ceiling and upper side walls
• The paintings of the ceiling are all frescoes
• The Creation of Adam took aproximately 17 days to complete
• The Sistine Chapel was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984

Question 2

II Tempietto

Answer 2

Bramante from 1502-10 in Montorio

• Commissioned by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
• The sixteen columns on the building were taken from an unknown, ancient building
• Tempietto means little temple
• At the time, the spot where the temple was built is where it was believed that St. Peter was crucified
• The temple is built in the courtyard of the Church of San Pietro

Question 3

Stella degna Segnatura

Answer 3

Raphael from 1510-11 in Rome

• Commissioned by Pope Julius II
• The walls of the apartment were named Poetry, Justice, Theology, and Philosophy
• The name for the Philosophy wall, School of Athens, first came up in the 18th century
• Stella degna Segnatura means ‘Room of the Signature’
• The cartoon for School of Athens was made up of 200 sheets of paper glued together

Question 4

Christ’s Charge to Peter

Answer 4

Raphael and Pieter van Alst from 1515 in Rome

• Commissioned by Pope Leo X
• It painted with bodycolor on paper and then mounted on canvas
• The cartoon for the painting was made on a tapestry within Pieter’s workshop
• The tapestry is currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
• The tapestries were originally for the Sistine Chapel

Question 5

Entrance Hall of Laurentian Library

Answer 5

Michelangelo from 1524-60 in Florence

• Commissioned by Pope Clement VII
• The library is located inside the Church of San Lorenzo
• The purpose of the library was to house the Medicean collection of books and manuscripts
• Contains more than 11000 manuscripts and 4500 early printed books
• When Mike left Florence in 1534, Tribolo, Basari, and Ammannati continued to work on the library while following instructions from Mike

Question 6

Last Judgement of Sistine Chapel

Answer 6

Michelangelo from 1536-41 in Vatican City

• Commissioned by Pope Paul III Farnese
• Mike spent 449 days painting the fresco
• One time, while painting the Last Judgement, Mike fell from the scaffolding thus injuring his leg
• Mike achieved the pigment of the blue sky by painting it with ground lapis lazuli
• The painting covers the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel