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Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Prophet Jeremiah, c. 1511–1512, fresco, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City.
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Across the Sistine Chapel ceiling, great seated prophets and Sibyls alternate down the sides of the vault, surrounding the central Genesis scenes. They are huge and carry considerable visual weight, yet they do not look like figures enjoying their importance. They appear absorbed, pressed inward, and made heavy by what they bear.
Among them, Jeremi…
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