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[[Image:God.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail of [[Sistine Chapel]] fresco ''Creation of the Sun and Moon'' by [[Michelangelo]] (completed [[1512]]).]] [[Image:God.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail of [[Sistine Chapel]] fresco ''Creation of the Sun and Moon'' by [[Michelangelo]] (completed [[1512]]).]]
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-:The Last Judgment was an object of a bitter dispute between [[Cardinal Carafa]] and [[Michelangelo]]. Because he depicted naked figures, the artist was accused of immorality and obscenity. A [[censorship]] campaign (known as the "Fig-Leaf Campaign") was organized by Carafa and Monsignor Sernini ([[Mantua]]'s ambassador) to remove the frescoes. When the Pope's own Master of Ceremonies, Biagio da Cesena, said "it was mostly disgraceful that in so sacred a place there should have been depicted all those nude figures, exposing themselves so shamefully, and that it was no work for a papal chapel but rather for the public baths and taverns," Michelangelo worked da Cesena's semblance into the scene as [[Minos]], judge of the underworld. It is said that when he complained to the Pope, the pontiff responded that his jurisdiction did not extend to hell, so the portrait would have to remain. The [[Sex organs|genitalia]] in the fresco were later covered by the artist [[Daniele da Volterra]], whom history remembers by the derogatory nickname "Il Braghettone" ("the breeches-painter").+:''[[The Last Judgment]]'' was an object of a bitter dispute between [[Cardinal Carafa]] and [[Michelangelo]]. Because he depicted naked figures, the artist was accused of immorality and obscenity. A [[censorship]] campaign (known as the "Fig-Leaf Campaign") was organized by Carafa and Monsignor Sernini ([[Mantua]]'s ambassador) to remove the frescoes. When the Pope's own Master of Ceremonies, Biagio da Cesena, said "it was mostly disgraceful that in so sacred a place there should have been depicted all those nude figures, exposing themselves so shamefully, and that it was no work for a papal chapel but rather for the public baths and taverns," Michelangelo worked da Cesena's semblance into the scene as [[Minos]], judge of the underworld. It is said that when he complained to the Pope, the pontiff responded that his jurisdiction did not extend to hell, so the portrait would have to remain. The [[Sex organs|genitalia]] in the fresco were later covered by the artist [[Daniele da Volterra]], whom history remembers by the derogatory nickname "Il Braghettone" ("the breeches-painter").
The '''Sistine Chapel''' is a [[chapel]] in the [[Apostolic Palace]], the official residence of the [[Pope]], in the [[Vatican City]]. Its fame rests on its architecture, which evokes [[Solomon's Temple]] of the [[Old Testament]], its decoration, frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, including [[Michelangelo]] whose [[Sistine Chapel ceiling|ceiling]] is legendary, and its purpose, as a site of papal religious and functionary activity, notably the [[Papal conclave|conclave]], at which a new Pope is selected. The '''Sistine Chapel''' is a [[chapel]] in the [[Apostolic Palace]], the official residence of the [[Pope]], in the [[Vatican City]]. Its fame rests on its architecture, which evokes [[Solomon's Temple]] of the [[Old Testament]], its decoration, frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, including [[Michelangelo]] whose [[Sistine Chapel ceiling|ceiling]] is legendary, and its purpose, as a site of papal religious and functionary activity, notably the [[Papal conclave|conclave]], at which a new Pope is selected.
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Detail of Sistine Chapel fresco Creation of the Sun and Moon by Michelangelo (completed 1512).
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The Last Judgment was an object of a bitter dispute between Cardinal Carafa and Michelangelo. Because he depicted naked figures, the artist was accused of immorality and obscenity. A censorship campaign (known as the "Fig-Leaf Campaign") was organized by Carafa and Monsignor Sernini (Mantua's ambassador) to remove the frescoes. When the Pope's own Master of Ceremonies, Biagio da Cesena, said "it was mostly disgraceful that in so sacred a place there should have been depicted all those nude figures, exposing themselves so shamefully, and that it was no work for a papal chapel but rather for the public baths and taverns," Michelangelo worked da Cesena's semblance into the scene as Minos, judge of the underworld. It is said that when he complained to the Pope, the pontiff responded that his jurisdiction did not extend to hell, so the portrait would have to remain. The genitalia in the fresco were later covered by the artist Daniele da Volterra, whom history remembers by the derogatory nickname "Il Braghettone" ("the breeches-painter").

The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, in the Vatican City. Its fame rests on its architecture, which evokes Solomon's Temple of the Old Testament, its decoration, frescoed throughout by the greatest Renaissance artists, including Michelangelo whose ceiling is legendary, and its purpose, as a site of papal religious and functionary activity, notably the conclave, at which a new Pope is selected.



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