All 21 Uses of
Michelangelo
in
Angels & Demons
- A leather-bound Bible sat on Vetra's desk beside a plastic Bohr model of an atom and a miniature replica of Michelangelo's Moses.†
Chpt 13-14 *Michelangelo = outstanding Florentine Renaissance sculptor, painter and architect (1475-1564)
- The Vatican Museum housed over 60,000 priceless pieces in 1,407 rooms-Michelangelo, da Vinci, Bernini, Botticelli.†
Chpt 31-32
- Not to mention, the greatest treasures were architectural-the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, Michelangelo's famed spiral staircase leading to the Museo Vaticano-priceless testaments to man's creative genius.†
Chpt 31-32
- Designed by Michelangelo himself.†
Chpt 31-32
- I admit, not one of Michelangelo's better efforts.†
Chpt 31-32
- "Now that," Langdon said to Vittoria, "is something Michelangelo got right."†
Chpt 33-34
- He defaced works by Michelangelo, Bramante, and Bernini.†
Chpt 35-36
- He gazed past the altar up to Michelangelo's renowned fresco, "The Last Judgment.†
Chpt 41-42
- There was flayed flesh, burning bodies, and even one of Michelangelo's rivals sitting in hell wearing ass's ears.†
Chpt 41-42
- Michelangelo, da Vinci, Raphael.†
Chpt 61-62
- Michelangelo's David.†
Chpt 61-62
- Michelangelo he could have helped with, but Raphael's work had never captivated him.†
Chpt 61-62
- Gianlorenzo Bernini was the second most famous sculptor of all time, his fame eclipsed only by Michelangelo himself.†
Chpt 69-70
- In the distance, on the very edge of Rome, Michelangelo's massive dome blotted the setting sun.†
Chpt 71-72
- But I thought Michelangelo designed St. Peter's.†
Chpt 71-72
- Perched precariously on the upper stacks he found the fattest ledgers of all-those belonging to the masters of the Renaissance-Michelangelo, Raphael, da Vinci, Botticelli.†
Chpt 83-84
- Sandwiched between Raphael and Michelangelo, Langdon found the ledger marked Bernini.†
Chpt 83-84
- As Peter's eminence spread, new shrines were built on top of the old, and now, the homage stretched 440 feet overhead to the top of Michelangelo's dome, the apex positioned directly over the original tomb within a fraction of an inch.†
Chpt 119-120
- Michelangelo's God was staring down from the darkened vault ...and He seemed pleased.†
Chpt 131-132
- Michelangelo's Last Judgment rose ominously behind him ....Jesus casting sinners into hell.†
Chpt 131-132
- He stood trembling on the altar, framed by Michelangelo's towering Last Judgment.†
Chpt 133-134
Definition:
outstanding Florentine Renaissance sculptor, painter, and architect (1475-1564); perhaps most famous for the sculptures the Pietà and the David and for frescos on the ceiling and altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Rome