ARTH 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Bejeweled, Donato Bramante, Pope Leo X
6 Dec 2017
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The laocoon: supposedly michelangelo was present when this was unearthed. It became such an icon in the sixteenth century. Left the city in anger: michelangelo was frustrated and thinking about the tomb the entire time, while he was creating studies for the sibyls and prophets, he also created studies of bound prisoners. Study for julius ii"s wall tomb: after the sistine ceiling was finished in 1512, michelangelo had started thinking about the tomb in 1505 and quarrying marble, michelangelo returned to work on the tomb. In 1513, julius ii died: not enough time to sculpt over 40 life sized figures, michelangelo was asked to finish the tomb by julius" descendants. Bound slave: created for the tomb of julius ii, clearly based on the laocoon, especially when viewing this sculpture from the side, struggling against his binds, unfinished. In terms of sensual pagan images of nudity: for an eminent christian purpose.
