This is an article that speaks for itself through the pictures I have taken, showing you that there is a re-creation of the Sistine Chapel painstakingly copied into SL. The real Sistine Chapel is in Vatican City and was designed by Baccio Pontelli. The wonderful paintings were created by Ghirlandaio, Botticelli, Perugino and Cosimo Roselli and their workshops. Perhaps the most famous though, is the ceiling, which was commissioned by Pope Julius II who commissioned Michaelangelo to complete the incredible nine paintings showing God’s Creation of the World, God’s relationship with Mankind and Mankind’s fall from God’s Grace.
Friend Drax Ember and I explored this brilliant SL copy of the chapel, which was built by Steve Taylor of Vassar College (avatar Stan Frangible) and Steve has done an excellent job. Entering the chapel you are instantly silenced by the splendour of the beautiful paintings and almost feel that you have walked into the real building. You can obtain notecards just inside the door for information about the real Sistine chapel as well as the SL version.
This must have been an awesome task for builder Steve Taylor to undertake. Drax and I both agreed that the virtual chapel is a ‘must see’ in Second Life and I should imagine art and history students would find this very useful as well.
Janey Bracken
No comments:
Post a Comment