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Though this is not Gothic, Michelangelo included a few easter eggs of his own in the Sistine Chapel painting of The Last Judgement: > The Papal Master of Cerem
by athenot 10y ago
Though this is not Gothic, Michelangelo included a few easter eggs of his own in the Sistine Chapel painting of The Last Judgement:
> The Papal Master of Ceremonies, Biagio da Cesena, deemed the fresco outrageous, and more suitable for public baths or taverns than a chapel. (...) Michelangelo responded by making Minos, judge of the underworld, resemble Cesena. It’s an extremely unflattering portrait;
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