Michelangelo, David, 1501-04

Palazzo Vecchio

(city hall of Florence)

19th-century copy of the David in its original location, guarding the entranceway to the Palazzo Vecchio

Sistine Chapel in Rome,

named after Pope Sixtus IV

Interior of Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo painted the ceiling in the four year period 1508-12

The first three acts of Creation

Central section of the ceiling, showing three scenes relating to Adam and Eve

Note one of the Prophets at the left and one of the Sibyls at the right.

Three scenes from the story of Noah

Fall of Man and Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

The Creation of Adam

So-called Awakening Prisoner

(unfinished statue planned for the Tomb of Pope Julius II, c. 1525)

The New Sacristy of San Lorenzo,

better known as the Medici Chapel, 1519-34 

Plan of San Lorenzo, with New Sacristy at upper right

Tomb of Giuliano de’ Medici

Tomb of Lorenzo de’ Medici

Giuliano

(“active”)

Lorenzo

(“contemplative”)