Towards the end of Michelangelo’s career, he created Last Judgement, a fresco which covers the wall behind the alter of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. The work depicts the second coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgement by God of all humanity. The souls of humans rise and descend to their fates, as judged by Christ surrounded by prominent saints. Although Michelangelo is clearly inspired by the Bible, it is his own imaginative vision that prevails in this painting. The work took four years to complete and was done between 1536 and 1541. Prior to the wall, Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. To complete the Last Judgement, he returned to work in the Sistine Chapel after almost forty years. During this…show more content… As shown in the pictures above, he was an extremely talented sculptor and painter. Though he was influenced by the artistic movements at the time, his own works and style in turn influenced later artistic movements. Michelangelo believed the ideal was more important than the real. He considered the human form to be the ideal in art, and his most well-known works are those depicting humans, often nudes. This fact drew much attention to him and his work. Michelangelo is noted not only for his skill in art, but for his style. Michelangelo preferred drawing humans in very complex, exaggerated poses. He also often idealized the human form, changing realistic or natural proportions to be more beautiful or perfect. Michelangelo practiced this skill in all of his works through out his life. The naked body, usually male, was portrayed in all of his artwork. The creativity and complexity of the work gradually got more intense and mature but the overall concept remained the same. My favorite work of Michelangelo is Last Judgment. It shows how creative and intensely spiritual Michelangelo was. He believed in his work and you could really tell in this masterpiece. I like this work of his the most because it is different. He created many sculptures, but never a fresco painting like this. This painting was on the wall and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, that is so unbelievable to me. I feel in that work, he established his credibility and showed his enormous