Clarify the Biblical scheme chosen by Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel ceiling
What will be an ideal response?
Michelangelo chose nine scenes from Genesis for the ceiling proper and surrounded it with prophets, Sibyls, the ancestors of Christ, and other scenes. The ceiling was designed to narrate events before the coming of the Law of Moses, and would complement the narrative cycles on the walls below that had been painted previously.
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a) Woody Guthrie b) Robert Johnson c) Elvis Presley d) Bessie Smith
African praise songs played on Euro-American rock instruments in popular (not traditional) music style characterize
A. Thomas Mapfumo. B. Abubakari Lunna. C. Kuyateh Jobateh. D. Makala Mabo.
One way that John McCracken achieved unity with the work Untitled was
a) using the same unvarying color throughout the piece. b) using three media. c) making it taller than it is wider. d) making it a different color than the wall.
Bernini's statue of David differed from his predecessors by showing David ____
a. in the moment of combat b. waiting for the enemy c. after he had slain Goliath d. as a king