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Title: Sketches of great painters for young people
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dallin, Colonna Murray, Mrs
Subjects: Painters
Publisher: New York, Boston (etc.) Silver, Burdett and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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amily ; he had sorrowedbitterly over the misfortunes of Florence; and he hadbeen exiled after trying to aid his city in an unavail-ing attempt to throw off her yoke. When Michelangelo was commanded by Pope ClementVII. to paint the Last Judgment, he was nearly sixtyyears old. His life had been full of sorrow, and hismind had been fed on the writings of Plato and Dante,and on the prophecies of Savonarola. The Last Judg-ment reflects his profound meditations on life and death.He treated the subject in an original way, and renderedit terrible in its dramatic power. In the middle of theupper part of the fresco is the figure of Christ, halfstanding on the clouds about His throne, while Hepoints to the wounds in His side, and raises His handin judgment on the world. On His right is the Virgin,gazing at the redeemed souls, and at either side areapostles and saints. St. Peter stands on Christs left,holding the key of the Church, and below Him aremartyrs with the instruments of their martyrdom.
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Michelangelo. Christ in the Last Judgment.60 MICHELANGELO. 61 Below the central group is a group of archangels,four sounding forth the judgment to the four cornersof the universe, and the others holding the books ofjudgment. At the left side of the picture, the landand the sea are represented as giving up their dead,and the blessed rise toward heaven, aided by angels.On the opposite side, the old boatman, Charon, rowslost souls across to hell in his winged boat, and thenbeats them down into the bottomless pit. In the semi-circular spaces at the top of the picture are groups ofangels bearing the symbols of Christs passion,— thecross, the crown of thorns, and the pillar of flagellation.Originally there was another group above, representingthe Eternal Father. Michelangelo painted the figures in the fresco ofthe Last Judgment with great rapidity, but he wasobliged to take such long periods of rest that he wasengaged six years on the work. Many anecdotes aretold in connection with the pa

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