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    Pope Julius II (reigned 1503–1513), commissioned a series of highly influential art and architecture projects in the Vatican. The painting of the Sistine...
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    The Tomb of Pope Julius II is a sculptural and architectural ensemble by Michelangelo and his assistants, originally commissioned in 1505 but not completed...
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    Pope Julius II. He was commissioned to build the Pope's tomb, which was to include forty statues and be finished in five years. Under the patronage of the...
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    Prophet Jonah (Michelangelo) (category Fish in art)
    Chapel ceiling in the Vatican Palace of Vatican City. Between 1508 and 1512, under the patronage of Pope Julius II, the artist Michelangelo painted the...
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    subject in the art of Florence. Because of the nature of the figure it represented, the statue soon came to symbolize the defence of civil liberties...
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    French Revolutionary Wars; the citizens of Bruges were ordered to ship it and several other valuable works of art to Paris. It was returned after Napoleon's...
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    Pope Julius II (Latin: Iulius II; Italian: Giulio II; born Giuliano della Rovere; 5 December 1443 – 21 February 1513) was head of the Catholic Church and...
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    Sagrestia Nuova (category House of Medici)
    Michelangelo was also working, in addition to the library, on the tomb of Julius II, for which he was preparing the Slaves. Michelangelo, not happy with...
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    Sistine Chapel (category Sites of papal elections)
    streamed live over the website of Classic FM. Architecture portal Vatican City portal Art patronage of Julius II Index of Vatican City-related articles...
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    is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which The...
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