Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Gresham College Lectures
Michelangelo, Copernicus and the Sistine Chapel
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A detailed examination of the themes, motifs and secrets held with Michelagelo's masterpiece: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/michelangelo-copernicus-and-the-sistine-chapel
It is argued that Copernicus' theory of the sun-centred universe is a key underlying theme in Michelangelo's fresco of the Last Judgmentin the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo's revolutionary design, depicting Christ as an Apollonian 'sun-god' positioned in the centre of a dramatic circular composition, seems relate to Copernicus's theory of the sun-centred universe - providing important evidence of papal support for Copernican heliocentricity as early as the 1530s.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/michelangelo-copernicus-and-the-sistine-chapel
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,500 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege
It is argued that Copernicus' theory of the sun-centred universe is a key underlying theme in Michelangelo's fresco of the Last Judgmentin the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo's revolutionary design, depicting Christ as an Apollonian 'sun-god' positioned in the centre of a dramatic circular composition, seems relate to Copernicus's theory of the sun-centred universe - providing important evidence of papal support for Copernican heliocentricity as early as the 1530s.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/michelangelo-copernicus-and-the-sistine-chapel
Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,500 lectures free to access or download from the website.
Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege