Michelangelo’s The Last Judgement, on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, elicited a wide spectrum of responses from the audience during its unveiling. While many praised the artwork for its grandeur, emotional depth, and masterful technique, it also sparked…
The deliberate intention to illustrate the miniature paintings in an unrealistic manner was aligned with the aesthetic reasoning of the painters to represent reality in a fictional way. Unlike their Western counterparts, miniature paintings have always deviated from the photographic…