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Poster:
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Icarusfree
(see this users gallery)
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2145
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Date:
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Thu Sep 2, 2004
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533.5k, 354.1k
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Dimensions:
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900 x 600
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Description:
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Built between 1475 and 1483, in the time of Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere, the Sistine Chapel has originally served as Palatine Chapel. The chapel is rectangular in shape and measures 40.93 meters long by 13.41 meters wide, i.e. the exact dimensions of the Temple of Solomon, as given in the Old Testament. It is 20.70 meters high and is roofed by a flattened barrel vault, with little side vaults over the centered windows.
The ceiling is decorated by Scenes from the Book of Genesis, painted by Michaelangelo Bounarroti. The central part of the ceiling shows nine stories of the Genesis, divided into groups of three, relative to the origin of the universe, of man and of evil. The first three episodes (Separation of Light from Darkness: Genesis 1:1-5; Creation of the sun, moon and planets: Genesis 1:11-19; Separation of Land from Sea: Genesis 1,9-10) dominated by the figure of God, Creator of the Universe, are followed by those of the Creation of Adam (Genesis 1:26-27) and of Eve (Genesis 2:18-25), with the figures of man and woman in their nakedness, the symbol of innocence (Genesis 2:25) which will be lost with Original Sin (Genesis 3:1-13), shown in the next panel together with the resulting Banishment from the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:22-24). The last three frescoes (The Sacrifice of Noah: Genesis 8:15-20, The Flood: Genesis 6:5-8,20, The Drunkenness of Noah: Genesis 9:20-27) show the fall of mankind and its rebirth with Noah, chosen by God as the only man to be saved for repopulating the earth after the Creator had decided to destroy every living creature in it because of human evil.
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Keywords:
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Capella Sistina, Scenes from Genesis, Il Vaticano, Italy
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Photo URL:
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http://www.bytegallery.com/data/3185/4webRomaCapellaSixtina14-med.jpg
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| File name: |
webRomaCapellaSixtina14.jpg |
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362583 bytes |
| File date: |
2004:09:02 17:10:59 |
Camera make: |
Canon |
| Camera model: |
Canon EOS 10D |
Date/Time: |
2004:06:02 08:38:08 |
| Resolution: |
900 x 600 |
Flash used: |
No |
| Focal length: |
28.0mm (35mm equivalent: 152mm) |
CCD width: |
6.64mm |
| Exposure time: |
0.067 s (1/15) |
Aperture: |
f/3.5 |
| ISO equiv.: |
3,200 |
Metering Mode: |
matrix |
| Jpeg process: |
Baseline |
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