Hell in Michelangelo's "Last Judgment"

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Wright: The two obvious ones are Dante's great verses, establishing heaven, purgatory, and hell soon after death. Many Christians believe that this is Christianity because both last destinations have great influence on Western culture. Writing: Listening to good music is more exciting than hanging out. In the Apocalypse and Paul's letter, we are told that the people of God actually manage the new world for God. Our idea of ​​participating in new creation dates back to Genesis where humans should run through the garden and care for animals. If you shift it all the time, it seems to be the picture you got at the end of the apocalypse.

Michelangelo's two famous Sistine Chapel wall paintings (murals in Genesis and murals in final examination) are comparative studies. Genesis stated confidence in Humanism that supported the Renaissance and Christian New Platonism (1490 - 1525). But in the 1560's Luther rebelled against the Roman Church (1519), then rebelled against the Roman massacre (1527), when all the mercenaries robbed the sacred place, all this confidence disappeared. These events caused widespread pessimism and frustration. And it was totally captured by Michelangelo's final judgment composition and style. Mural paintings depict a curse to the sinner of Christ and a blessing to kindness, a resurrection of the dead and a salon that carries the soul to hell. The mouth of hell passed by the altar itself