Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Tomb of Julius II
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Tomb of Julius II
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Image View:
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Lower register, niche with figure of Leah, (1545, 209 cm height)
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Creator:
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Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian sculptor, 1475-1564)
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Location:
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site: San Pietro in Vincoli (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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4/a Piazza San Pietro in Vincoli
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GPS:
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+41.893872+12.493069
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Date:
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ca. 1505-1545 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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sepulchral chapel
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Work Type 2:
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monument
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Work Type 3:
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tomb
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes); construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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235 cm (height, Moses)
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Subjects:
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death or burial; funerary art; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; rulers and leaders; Julius II, Pope, 1443-1513
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Description:
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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/)
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Image Description:
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Leah is the symbol of the active life, or active Love.
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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1A1-MB-TJ-L28
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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