“The cleaned Sistine ceiling revealed Michelangelo as a shocking colourist — sour rose, cangiante green, and ultramarine playing under the architecture as sharply as in any modern picture.”
Michelangelo
Painter · Renaissance · 1475–1564
Italian Renaissance giant whose Sistine ceiling and Last Judgement set sculpted bodies against acid pink, mineral green, and lapis blue.
The Palette
Curatorial Note
“The cleaned Sistine ceiling revealed Michelangelo as a shocking colourist — sour rose, cangiante green, and ultramarine playing under the architecture as sharply as in any modern picture.”
Italian Renaissance giant whose Sistine ceiling and Last Judgement set sculpted bodies against acid pink, mineral green, and lapis blue.
