Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Tomb of Julius II

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Tomb of Julius II
Image View: 
Lower register, niche with figure of Leah, (1545, 209 cm height)
Creator: 
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564)
Location: 
site: San Pietro in Vincoli (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note: 
4/a Piazza San Pietro in Vincoli
GPS: 
+41.893872+12.493069
Date: 
ca. 1505-1545 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Renaissance
Work Type 1: 
sepulchral chapel
Work Type 2: 
monument
Work Type 3: 
tomb
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
marble
Technique: 
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Measurements: 
235 cm (height, Moses)
Subjects: 
death or burial; funerary art; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; rulers and leaders; Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513
Description: 
Sandro di Giovanni Fancelli (Scherano), Raffaello da Montelupo, Tommaso di Pietro Boscoli, Jacopo del Duca helped complete the sculpture. The arrangement seen today in San Pietro is a fragment of the original plan. Four of the Slaves (or Captives) are now in the Accademia, Florence and two Captive figures are in the Louvre, Paris. "The seemingly perfect match between an ambitious pontiff and an ambitious artist was disastrous for Michelangelo's career in one respect: until 1545 his life was dominated by repeated failures to complete the Julian monument, what Condivi called 'the tragedy of the tomb'." (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Image Description: 
The two statues were created for the final version of the tomb of Julius II by Michelangelo. Rachel is the symbol of contemplative life, and Leah that of the active life. According to another interpretation, Rachel is the representation of Faith and Leah of active Love.
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier: 
1A1-MB-TJ-L26
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.