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The word sibyl probably comes (via Latin) from the Greek word sibylla , meaning prophetess. The earliest oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of antiquity, "who admittedly are known only through...
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Michelangelo's rendering of the Delphic Sibyl , The number of sibyls was given as ten or twelve, and of these Michelangelo selected five. His idea here, as with the prophets, seemed to be to represent some in old age and some in youth....
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As if distracted from reading the scroll by an external factor, perhaps a vision, she turns her glance in the opposite direction to the rotation of her body. ... The Delphic Sibyl was among the most admired of the Sibyls because of her physical and ideal beauty...
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This detail, Delphic Sibyl, is one of the Sistine; Chapel ceiling paintings (ceiling 130 feet 6 inches x; 43 feet 5 inches) by Michelangelo.; ... The Delphic Sibyl was the voice of Apollo, the greek god of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine, and it has been suggested that the four colors in her garments represent...
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This is the Dephic Sibyl, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling, a painting completed by the Italian sculptor Michaelangelo Buonarotti in 1512. ... The image depicts the reaction of the Sibyl on reading of Christ's impending fate, and is one of the most striking from the chapel project. It has become an enduring icon down...
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Page of The Delphic Sibyl by MICHELANGELO Buonarroti in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European paintings and sculptures (1000-1850) ... Unwinding a scroll with her left hand, the Delphic Sibyl seems to be turning toward the viewer. The effect of movement is accentuated by the swirls...
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Page of The Delphic Sibyl (detail) by MICHELANGELO Buonarroti in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European paintings and sculptures (1100-1850) ... In the center of the face - seen frontally, half in the light and half in a moderate shadow - there are traces of a crossincised to mark...
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Exploring the artist Michelangelo, with information about his fresco Delphic Sibyl and recommended art books ... home | art | art history | renaissance | Italy | high | Michelangelo | Delphic Sibyl; Delphic Sibyl; title | Delphic Sibyl, detail; artist | Michelangelo; location | Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome;
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Title: The Delphic Sibyl (detail from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling); Date: 1509; Medium: fresco; Dimensions: -; Location: Sistine Chapel, Vatican; Image size: 851 x 1000 pixels, 161 Kbytes; Image source: Web Gallery of Art...
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