Many have called the Sistine chapel the pinnacle of fine art of the Renaissance.
1,000 square meters Michelangelo was able to depict more than 300 human figures. Despite the fact that biblical subjects the artist chose himself, he was forced to adhere to certain canons, because the Catholic Church suppressed any manifestations of dissent. Nevertheless, these murals a lot of encrypted symbols that scientists continue to unravel until now.
The symbols of the feminine
In 2016, the journal of Clinical Anatomy was published an interesting study. In the part of the Sistine chapel, where is depicted the scene of the creation of eve, was found a few encrypted symbols representing the feminine.
As you know, Catholicism has always been dominated by Patriarchy, so the glorification of women, to put it mildly, is not welcomed. Michelangelo was my opinion. On the ceiling you can see 8 images of the sheep’s skull. In the Greek tradition these animals with twisted horns symbolized the female principle, because it visually resembled the uterus and fallopian tubes.
Besides, according to the researchers, eve is depicted in a pose reminiscent of the inverted triangle is another symbol of the female in ancient art. Read MORE…
The image of the human brain
Perhaps the most striking encrypted character is the scene “Creation of Adam”. In the image of God and angels clearly visible outlines of the human brain. It is known that Michelangelo more than 15 years engaged in the study of anatomy, it is not surprising that so accurately portrayed it. The artist said that God gave man not only the body but also the mind.
Instead of Apple trees Fig tree in the garden of Eden
In the scene of the fall and expulsion from Paradise, Michelangelo painted the Apple tree, a Fig tree, which is characteristic symbols of Judaism. The Bible speaks about the “tree of knowledge” but not an Apple tree. Many researchers agree that using the image of the Jewish characters Michelangelo tried to rebuke the Catholic Church is that it is too far removed from its origins in the interpretation of the Bible.
Acorns – a reference to Pope Julius II
On the ceiling of the Sistine chapel, you can find a lot of acorns. So Michelangelo thanked the Pope Julius II that allowed him to retreat from the usual imagery of biblical stories and make it your own. The name of the Pope was the Rover, which can be translated as “oak”. Hence the acorns on the frescoes.
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