-Christ in center up high with mandola around him -blessed on Christ's right and damned on Christ's left : not much of a distinction between the two-trumpeting angels in center directly under Christ -> don't have wings or halos like usual depictions -> Michelangelo thought the beauty of the human form was the perfect example of God's creation and didn't want to change it -Mary shown on Christ's right- Saints/recognizable figures in Christianity shown on right-earthly realm -> dead shown rising from the grave-on Christ's left -> damned figures shown close to the realm of heaven with angels guarding heaven beating the demons down/away-at the bottom directly behind where the altar in the chapel is -> Hell is shown = the mouth or entry to Hell- at bottom of Christ's left = ferryman (Charon) of the underworld rowing the damned across river -> hitting them with oar and forcing the damned souls out of the boat to be judged ; shows psychological torture of being in Hell = fear of situation-shows Minos in Hell = the judge in Hell -> shown with donkey ears = he's an ass -Michelangelo includes himself in the heavenly realm but in weird way -> just below Christ, Saint Bart is shown (he was flayed/skinned alive) holding a knife in one hand and full body skin in other -> this is not Saint Bart's skin, it is Michelangelo's portrait in skin form = shows that Michelangelo is hopeful but not certain that he will end up amongst the blessed when he dies

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