Smarthistory: The Blog

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 Raphael, School of Athens, Papal Palace, Vatican [12:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A video about Leonardo’s masterpiece.

 Leonardo, Last Supper, Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan [12:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Max Newbold and Sez Zabelin, Second Life correspondents for smARThistory, discuss Michelangelo’s Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, recreated by Steve Taylor (aka Stan Frangible), on the Vassar College Second Life campus.

 Michelangelo, Last Judgment, 1534-41, Sistine Chapel, Vatican [17:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Max Newbold and Sez Zabelin, Second Life correspondents for smARThistory, visited the Sistine Chapel there, and created this video about Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel ceiling. They discuss Michelangelo, the commission from Pope Julius II, and the structure and meaning of the ceiling.

Thanks to Steve Taylor (aka Stan Frangible) and Vassar College.

Part 2 on Michelangelo’s Last Judgment on the altar wall coming soon…

 smARThistory at the Sistine Chapel in Second Life [22:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download