The Last Judgement: Christ the Judge
Fresco, 1541
539 ^1/4 x 480 ^1/4 inches (1370 x 1220 cm)
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, The Creation of Adam [Adam's face]
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Ignudi, next to Separation of Land and the Persian Sybil [left]
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Ignudi, next to Separation of Land and the Persian Sybil [right]
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

The Last Judgement
Fresco, 1541
539 ^1/4 x 480 ^1/4 inches (1370 x 1220 cm)

Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise - The Original Sin
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

아무리 뛰어난 예술가라도 소용없다네

다만 대리석이 제 몸을 드러내어야 하지

대리석이 일러주는데로 그마음을 읽고

조각가는 손을 놀려서 빚어낼 따름이라네

잉크와 펜이 다를 게 없지만

잘된 시도 나오고 모자란 시도 나오네

그저 그런 시도 있다네

다만 대리석에

고귀하고 천박한 형태가 있다면

그건 순전히 망치를 든 사람 탓일세

나의 영혼이 신을 닮았다면

바깥의 아름다움을 탐닉하지 않았을 것을

이제 덧없는 가치에는 더 이상 눈돌리지 않으리

영원한 형태가 나에게 이리오라 손짓하네

미켈란젤로

David [detail]
Marble, 1504
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

Tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici: Lorenzo de' Medici [detail: 1]
Marble, 1524-1531
Sagrestia Nuova, San Lorenzo, Florence

Victory [detail: 1]
Marble, 1532-1534
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

David
Marble, 1504
170 ^3/4 x 0 inches (434 x 00 cm)
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

David [detail: rear view]
Marble, 1504
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

David [detail: side/rear view]
Marble, 1504
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

David [detail]
Marble, 1504
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

The Last Judgement [detail: 1]
Fresco, 1541
539 ^1/4 x 480 ^1/4 inches (1370 x 1220 cm)
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Slave (dying) [detail: 1]
Marble, c.1513
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Victory
Marble, 1532-1534
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Rebellious Slave
Marble, c.1513
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel [detail]
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel [detail]
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, Noah 7-9: The Flood, right view
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Genesis, The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise - The Expulsion
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Sybils: Erithraea
Fresco, 1508-1512
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

the Fall of Adam and Eve
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

The Creation of Man (detail)
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Noah's Drunkenness
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

Two Figures (Study for The Last Judgement)
Red chalk, 1541
Private collection

Crouching Boy
Marble, 1530-1533
Hermitage, St Petersburg

David/Apollo
Marble, 1530
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

David/Apollo [detail: 1]
Marble, 1530
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

David/Apollo [detail: 2]
Marble, 1530
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Madonna and Child with the Infant Baptist
Marble, 1505-1506
32 ^3/8 x 32 ^3/8 inches (82.5 x 82.5 cm)
Royal Academy of Arts, London

Madonna (Tondo Pitti)
Marble, 1504-1505
50 ^3/8 x 32 ^1/4 inches (128 x 82 cm)
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Madonna (Tondo Pitti) [detail: 1]
Marble, 1504-1505
50 ^3/8 x 32 ^1/4 inches (128 x 82 cm)
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

St Matthew
Marble, 1503
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

Madonna and Child
Marble, 1501-1505
Vrouwekerk, Bruges

Madonna and Child [detail: 1]
Marble, 1501-1505
Vrouwekerk, Bruges

Madonna and Child [detail: 2]
Marble, 1501-1505
Vrouwekerk, Bruges

Madonna and Child [detail: 3]
Marble, 1501-1505
Vrouwekerk, Bruges

Bacchus
Marble, 1497
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Bacchus [detail: 1]
Marble, 1497
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Angel with Candlestick
Marble, 1494-1495
San Domenico, Bologna

Angel with Candlestick [detail: 1]
Marble, 1494-1495
San Domenico, Bologna

St Petronius
Marble, 1494
San Domenico, Bologna

Madonna of the Stairs
Marble, 1490-1492
21 ^3/4 x 15 ^5/8 inches (55.5 x 40 cm)
Casa Buonarroti, Florence

The Conversion of Saul
Fresco, 1545
246 x 260 ^1/8 inches (625 x 661 cm)
Cappella Paolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican

The Conversion of Saul [detail]
Fresco, 1545
Cappella Paolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican

The Last Judgement [detail: 3]
Fresco, 1541
539 ^1/4 x 480 ^1/4 inches (1370 x 1220 cm)
Cappella Sistina, Vatican