5th year The Last Judgement by Michelangelo worksheet

1. Where can you find the ‘Last Judgement’? (2 marks)

2. Who commissioned it?(2 marks)

3. When did Michelangelo paint it?(2 marks)

4. How long did it take? (2 marks)

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 5. Where did the ‘theme’ for this painting come from? (2 marks)

6. What is the name given to the ‘style’ of this painting? (2 marks)

7. What is the name given to this type of painting (painted onto a freshly
plastered wall)? (2 marks)

8. Give a description of the subject matter (what is going on in this painting…

…who is in it and what are they doing etc) (10 marks)

9. Draw a sketch of the main subjects/focal point of this painting here: (5 marks)

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 10. Describe the composition using the headings below (how it was laid out, who is
where in the painting , and how it works etc): (15 marks)

Centre:

Left side:

Right side:

Lower Level (bottom of painting):

Upper section (in arches):

11. How many figures are painted in ‘The Last Judgement’? (2 marks)

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 12. Draw a sketch here illustrating Michelangelo’s composition of The Last
Judgement here: (5 marks)

13. Whereabouts in the painting can we find Michelangelo himself as a ‘flayed skin’?
(3 marks)

14. Draw a sketch here of a detail of the last judgement (for example St.
Bartholomew with the flayed skin, Charon the ferryman …): (5 marks)

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