Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

A  The body of the Libyan Sybil twists in a complex pose that is typical of the High Renaissance.

B  Michelangelo used a male model for the Libyan Sybyl, which may explain the great physical strength we see in her body.

C  The sibyls were ancient pagan soothsayers who could foresee the future and in the Catholic tradition, they foretold the coming of Christ.

A  the anatomical detail, the twisted pose, the use of a classical figure to reinforce Christian ideas, the idealized beauty

B  the rigid pose, the use of a classical figure to reinforce Christian ideas, the idealized beauty

C  the anatomical detail, the rigid pose, the use of a classical figure to reinforce Christian ideas, the idealized beauty

D  the anatomical detail, the rigid pose, the idealized beauty

A  True

B  False

A  The outer scenes show the prophets and sibyls that foretell the coming of Christ.

B  The scenes from the central panel show the Temptation of Adam and Eve and their Expulsion from Eden indicating the need for Christ’s sacrifice in the New Testament.

C  The architectural framing that we see surrounding the central scenes is the only real element on the ceiling, the remainder is paint.

D  The scenes along the central panel represent episodes from Genesis in the Old Testament.

A  sculptural

B  stylized

C  linear