The Agony and the Ecstasy

long live the pope

Great new bio (Charlton Heston: An Incredible Life: Revised Edition) at amazon!

Only a homo would think Michelangelo was a homo.

He was a great artist who left his mark on the artistic world. What have you done? Jackoff on your unemployment check?

^----- probably the best comment i've ever read in my entire life. hahahaha.

Yes, yes indeed, Michelangelo was a homo.

Take as your proof, his poofy interpretation of "David"

Also, he couldn't make appealing bewbs.

I loved this film. It gave me a new appreciation of the Sistine Chapel!

Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which the Creation of Adam is the best known, having an iconic standing equaled only by Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations.

The ceiling's various painted elements comprise part of a larger scheme of decoration within the Sistine Chapel which includes the large fresco of The Last Judgment on the sanctuary wall, also by Michelangelo, wall paintings by a team of the most highly regarded painters of the late 15th century including Botticelli and Perugino, and a set of large tapestries by Raphael, the whole illustrating much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church.

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The ceiling is that of the large Sistine Chapel built within the Vatican by Pope Sixtus IV, begun in 1477 and finished by 1480. The chapel is the Papal Chapel within the Vatican, and is the location for Papal Conclaves and many important services.

Heston was the perfect Michelangelo. One of my all time fav. movies. I especially love the opening battle scene. sets the difficulties of the time perfectly.