“The ancient Greek influence during the creation of the Sistine chapel ceiling”

The painting was commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508. Pope Julius was a descendant of Raffaello della Rovere, an Italian noble and Theodora Manerola, a woman of Greek ancestory.

The renaissance itself is described as a period wherein people and artists applied new found knowledge to the classical Greek studies of Socrates, Aristotles and Plato.

Throughout Michelangelo’s lifelong artworks it is very apparent that he was deeply inspired by the works of ancient Greek and Roman art. He was also a student at the Florentine Platonic Academy where students translated all

Of Plato’s writing into Latin.