Hilary- Michelangelo- Sistene Chapel

Michelangelo employed many different methods of linear perspective in this series of paintings in the Sistene Chapel, much of which even seem out of place (for example, the many people floating in the sky in the large panel straight ahead). Throughout every image, however, there is use of overlapping, such as in the bottom painting of the ground and people on it in the same panel as mentioned before. On the top of the ceiling in the centre you can also see overlapping in the various figures behind God in the Creation of Adam painting and in the panel above it. Relative size is also used often. A good example is found in the panel on the far right under the window where several people are gathered in front of a lake and in other people in the background. Relative size can also be seen in more detail on the large panel aforementioned as well. Although there are so many different things going on this structure, each detail can offer some sort of linear perspective technique, whether it be by overlapping, relative size, shadowing, vanishing points, use of various eye levels, or composition. I chose this particular work because I find it extremely fascinating, amazingly detailed, and sublime in its scope and artistic finesse.