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Prophet Joel (Michelangelo)

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The Prophet Joel is one of seven Old Testament prophets Michelangelo painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican, made between about 1508 and 1512. It shows the biblical prophet Joel, author of the Book of Joel, seated and absorbed in an open scroll, rendered with rhythmic drapery folds and a face art historians have read as combining wisdom, disdain and intense concentration. The fresco measures about 390 by 380 centimeters and remains in place on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Medium
Fresco 1
Location
Sistine Chapel, Vatican Palace, Vatican City 1
Commissioned By
Pope Julius II 2
Height (metres)
3.9 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Fresco 1
Connections

Created By

Michelangelo, Artists
Source Prophet Joel (Michelangelo) (Wikipedia)

In Form

Fresco, Art Forms
Source Sistine Chapel ceiling (Wikipedia)

In Genre

Painting, Art Forms
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Located In

Vatican City

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Source Prophet Joel (Michelangelo) (Wikipedia)
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1. Prophet Joel (Michelangelo) (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    But the most engaging part of the fresco is the face of the central figure, a portrait of the architect Bramante, which appears to reveal wisdom, disdain and intense focus all at once; the open scroll in his hands only enhancing this sense of wisdom.
  • Lead section
    The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City.
  • Infobox, dimensions field
    Dimensions: 390 cm x 380 cm (150 in x 150 in)
  • Infobox: year
    circa 1508-1512
  • Created By: Michelangelo, lead paragraph
    The Prophet Joel is one of the seven Old Testament prophets painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c. 1508-1512) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City. Th
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2. Sistine Chapel ceiling (Wikipedia)
  • Introductory section
    The ceiling was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II.
  • In Form: Fresco, Lead
    painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512
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