What exactly makes the Sistine Chapel so great?
People often say that these frescoes are the greatest works of art produced by human hands, but what exactly makes them this?
What exactly makes the Sistine Chapel so great?
Isaiah Butler
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Jaxon Lee
How many other 40 ft tall giants do you know that can paint like that?
Andrew Parker
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Adam Cooper
Pr*Testantshits would never understand
Julian Stewart
Christian art > Muslim autistic tiles
Logan Thomas
>What exactly makes the Sistine Chapel so great?
It's just autistic obsession, Op. If the pope was a Magic the Gathering fan, the frescoes would be dragons and wizards, and the catholics would still be claiming it's the greatest thing ever, simply because it's what they're interested in.
The bible has many stories that make for great pictures, but I think the Sistine Chapel ceiling would have been much more fun if they'd been uber-nerding over Winnie the Pooh instead.
Elijah Russell
Why are they hanging out with a sputnik satellite?
Josiah Roberts
Painted by God
Ayden Campbell
Islam doesn't allow depictions so how can Muslims create great art?
That can't.
And even though Christianity is supposed to have prohibitions against it, great artists made great shit with those traditions.
Jordan Cruz
i was thinking that immediately, how fucking good of a painter do you need to be to do THAT, 40ft up on some makeshift fucking scaffolding. I cant even walk properly on a 20 ft scaffold cause its so fkn stressful
Luis Ward
Robert Ross
Supposedly Michaelangelo would lay on his back while painting which probably helped with the dizzying factor
Connor White
Nor does Judaism
Kayden Garcia
Mason Thompson
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Cooper King
Angelo means Angel
and Michael means He who resembles God.
Mason Garcia
>explain why beautiful things are beautiful
Are you unironically autistic?
Luis Roberts
It is the best question which has been asked on pol in the past 24 hours
Brandon Thompson
Jesus and st Peter are adjusting earth's reception to try to tune out niggers
Hunter Rodriguez
Seething protestant detected.
Jeremiah Phillips
This has to be the best work of art in the whole vatican museum, shame about the amount of chinese "people" swarming the place, but other than that, very nice.
Carson Price
Who is in the middle user?
Robert Roberts
have you ever seen it in person? life changing experience. Reminded me that humans are capable of achieving perfection.
John Scott
Based and popepilled
Brody Foster
No picture of them can do them justice. Since the chapel underwent a great restoration project 15 or so years ago to remove dust and restore the colors, which took a few years, it's evident that something equal could be produced or duplicated, even surpassed, with today's technology.
That said, when you see it in person, it's absolutely awesome, in the literal sense of the word. I've been to museums, have seen all forms of art, mediums, genres, from many cultures, and so on, and still to this day, the Chapel stands out to me as the greatest piece of art, I've ever seen. I'm not even a huge fan of the content of the pieces, but the actual quality, and ability, craftmanship, and so on, is in a class of it's own and clearly evident when you see it in person. The depth perception, coloring, and subtle shadowing is astounding. There were parts that I stared at for a minute or 2 which I thought were part of the accompanying stonework before my eyes finally realized they were part of the painting. And it all looks correct from the ground. The mental understanding required of the artist/artists of all aspects of science and perception and art techniques was no less than brilliance.
Hudson Adams
What's that?
Owen Gray
Plato and Aristotle.
Gabriel Young
Plato and Aristotle, respectively
Daniel Robinson
That is God
Aaron Rogers
Muslims are literally NPC.
>no creativity allowed
>no visual art besides command code lines
>no music
>their holy book is short and unumbiguos, provides clear instructions
Gavin Williams
I thought the statue room was more impressive
However, the way the whole experience builds is quite something. First you go through rooms filled with these ancient relics of Rome, then you see the the room with the emperors and the mythological figures. Then at the end you finally get to the chapel, and it's supposed to be this moment of awe. It's definitely the best museum in the world.
Carson Flores
I thought that as well, then I considered it might be Socrates and Plato
but I have come to understand that it is Homer
James Johnson
Not only that but by the time he was done he had serious permanent back and vision problems
Thomas Martin
C'mon fag give sauce no theory
Jackson Sanchez
Eli Morgan
I highly doubt you saw this in person. Its a jam packed room of smelly people taking photos, when they are told they shouldn't constantly by the guards. OPs photo gives you a much better view and apperciation of the Chapel unfortunatly.
Jason Diaz
The books they hold tell you who they are. Plate holds Timeo, and Aristotle holds Etica
Isaac Sanchez
The amount of teens taking selfies was disgusting. Also people are told to dress modestly, but all the Americans are in shorts and tshirts.
Eli Morris
Christians could also make incredible Muslim style autistic tiles such as this one in Seville. Literally a Moorish styled palace for Christians.
Regardless of what you think of the Spanish they have had incredible artists over the years.
Elijah Moore
Guido art is garish.
Low Countries Renaissance ftw.
Jack Gutierrez
And do they exist now?
Lucas Gray
Yep. Not sure what the solution should be, but damn does it sure ruin so many things. So many other works of art were ignored here. And I always kek at the people taking a photo of the painting when they can find better ones online.
Tyler Russell
Well yeah...
Timeo is a dialogue by Plato, and Nicomachean Ethics are very important philosophical works and have been preserved fully.
Alexander Phillips
I ended up joking a lot about this with the guy who I went there with. The Coliseum seems like a place for people to just take selfies now. It's pretty fucking disgusting how people only look at these works though their phone screen when they can literally look at them there and then.
Elijah Ross
Shame about the shit perspective for the artist's self insert in the bottom center. Just look at that bench.
Benjamin Walker
I am very convinced that is Homer raising his hand.
Jack White
Coming to eat you!
Jack Gray
I dont believe that is a bench
Hunter Mitchell
Exactly. Social media is to blame for this. When did looking at vacation slides of others become unboring and trendy?
Aaron Diaz
True, never looked at it much, seems like an afterthought, like the idea came froma a guard that was walking around and said "hey, you deserve a spot"
Kayden Collins
Well he is guarding the arc of the covenant so
whatever
Evan Bennett
>what makes the sistine chapel so great
bravery
this was painted by a sculpter not a painter
patience
it was painted by sunlight and candlelight only and took 4 years to finish
discipline
most of the time he was laying on his back suspended 40 feet in the air by some rickety scaffolding so that he could paint the ceiling
mastery
the sistine chapel is considered by everyone to be one of the greatest works of art the world has ever seen, people come from all over the world to see it over 500 years after it was painted
Gabriel Perry
Nommies!
Christian Roberts
Nom Nom Nom!
Jose Jackson
Landon Sanchez
Well you're not correct. This fresco is the Academy of Athens which was founded by Plato, Homer was not part of it.
Charles Bell
Well it it's anywere it would be the vatican, but isn't it supposed to be covered in gold and angels guarding the top?
Samuel Ward
Pardon me, that's not the artist. Whatever it is, a chest, maybe, it doesn't look good at all. The composition makes it look like its going over the first step and laying flat on the floor at the same time. Even the man's rear end is just hanging in space, instead of resting on the step, as seems to have been intended. Maybe it's one of those moments when the student helping the master screwed up, who knows?
Jacob Thompson
Oh well I must have my wires crossed.
Anthony Hernandez
You think Michaelangelo made an error?
Zachary Martinez
Hokay Dokay
Ryan Sanchez
it looks really fucking taky
Austin Morgan
Painted by (((gods))), not The Lord God
A beam in the eye (of the dragon) crushing the Lion of Judah.
Nathaniel Ward
Angel Morris
You have not provided a reason as to why, whereas it's clear that they are holding works authored by themselves, just as Euclid or Archimedes is working in mathematics.
Maybe. Why is that hard to accept? And like I said, these works were done with students helping. Maybe he just realized too late that he needed to incorporate another person there.
Isaiah Price
Grayson Bell
Grayson Roberts
raphael saw the sistine chapel and understood just how important and timeless the work was so he went back and added michelangelo into the school of athens years after the painting was already finished. the characters name is hereclitus or something not michelangelo but its painted in michelangelos style and has michelangelos face which is why he looks so out of place
Jacob Smith
I refuse to accept it because it simply untrue my friend.
Do you believe Homers Achilles is King David?
Thomas Nguyen
that's a good question. ive seen better artwork in a comic strip in penthouse magazine.
Jack Kelly
Oh you silly Jesuit.
Ryder Lopez
Agreed. I'm an Aussie yobbo who felt to hungover to bother go seeing the vatican but my girlfriend dragged me along and I'll never forget the awe I felt seeing the sistine chapel. I don't believe in god but I felt like god showed me his radiant brilliance that day it was unlike anything I've ever felt.
Anthony Anderson
It's obviously symbolic, you fucking uncultured
plebs.
Leo Martin
I also was an Arcadian
Luis Parker
Total bullshit is what it is.
Jordan Watson
Aaron Perry
When the rapture comes, I will make them wait...
Theyll never clean my cage...!
Too late.
Charles Lewis
ha. fucking what?
Leo Sanders
Henry Collins
Jack Perez
So what do you think of the concept of Chapel Perilous?
Brody Taylor
Julian Flores
I just posted that cause I thought it looked metal as fuck. But, I'll have to look up what Chapel Perilous, I've never heard of it.
Jordan Cook
I love it.
Ian Butler
Are you referring to the philosophical concept or the short film? The concept, I think, is the entire Crux of this board. I just started watching the film and the comments are filled pizza pie ride whatnots. I guess I'm in for a wild ride.
Nicholas Cooper
Yes well Robert Anton Wilson also discussed the premise in relationship to beings from Sirius communicating with him.
To be the centre of a cosmic conspiracy, I believe he said the experience can make a person agnostic or insane.
I suppose you could compare it to the metaphysical concept of crossing the abyss.