Painter, sculptor and architect of Florence, 1475 - 1564

	"What can I say of the four scenes in the corner-spandrels of the ceiling? In one of them, exerting all his boyish strength, there is David cutting off the head of Goliath, while some soldiers in the background look on in amazement." I-359 David and Goliath
	"At the corner opposite, Michelangelo depicted the headless, writhing body of Holofernes and Judith placing the head on a shallow basket resting on the head of her serving-woman. This old woman is so tall that she has to stoop to allow her mistress to balance it properly." I-359 Judith and Holofernes
	"The story of the serpents of Moses is over the left-hand side of the altar.Here one sees the deadly havoc wrought by the rain of serpents as they bite and sting, and the brazen serpent itself that Moses palced upon a pole." I-359 The rain of serpents
	Serpents (detail)
	"The next scene shows Ahasuerus lying in bed and reading his chronicles. There are three men eating at a table, representing the council that was held to deliver the Jewish people and order the hanging of Haman. Haman himself was depicted in an extraordinary example of foreshortening." I-360 The punishment of Haman
	"It would take too long to describe the various wonderful gestures and poses that he employed to illustrate the story of the Ancestors of Christ, showing the genealogy of all the Fathers beginning with the sons of Noah." I-360 Boaz
	Jacob
	Azor
	Jehosophat
	David
	"Then who is not filled with admiration and amazement at the awesome sight of Jonah, the last figure in the chapel? The vaulting naturally springs forward, following the curve of the masonry; but through the force of art it is apparently straightened out by the figure of Jonah, which bends in the opposite direction." I-360 Jonah