He was able to show the way the body moved, as well as its displays of unrestrained passion, overwhelming grief, or endless torment. Michelangelo received a commission from Pope Clement VII to paint "The Last Judgment" on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in 1534. He was also commissioned at this time to paint a "Fall of the Angels" on the entrance wall, but this second work was never executed (Brandes, 198)...
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He was also commissioned at this time to paint a "Fall of the Angels" on the entrance wall, but this second work was never executed (Brandes, 198). Sebastiano del Piombo had persuaded the pope that the painting would look best in oil, and the wall was therefore prepared to receive oil pigments. This delayed the beginning of the work, since Michelangelo declared oil painting to be an "effeminate art" and insisted on painting "al fresco," as he had done with the ceiling...
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