The Sistine Secrets (39 page)

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Page references followed by
fig
indicate an illustration.

Abraham, 140, 145, 146

Achim (
The Ancestors
panel), 150, 151
fig

Adam: creation of, 145, 197–201; forbidden fruit/Tree of Knowledge and role of, 203–6;
ruach HaShem
(Breath) creating, 34

Adam Kadmon
(primordial human), 197, 199

Adoration of the Magi
(Botticelli), 60
fig

Aeneid
(Virgil), 172

Alberti, Leon Battista, 59

Aldrovandi, Gianfrancesco, 88

ALEF symbolism (Sistine Chapel), 216–19

Alexander the Great, 174–75

Alexander VI, Pope (Rodrigo Borgia), 14, 89, 92, 105, 250

Alidosi, Francesco, 115–16

Ambrogio de Pretis, 36

Aminadab (
The Ancestors
panel), 154–55
fig

anamorphosis technique, 38, 39

The Ancestors
panel (Sistine Chapel), 145–56

angels: putti (angelic figures), 117
fig,
136
fig,
226, 227
fig;
same face given to serpent and, 205–6

The Annunciation
(Leonardo da Vinci), 38–39
fig

Apocrypha: book of Judith in, 159–62, 165; Christianity-Judaism link through, 159

Arch of Titus (Rome), 16
fig

Aretino, Pietro, 259, 264, 284

Aristotile da Sangallo, 109

Aristotle, 64, 65

Asa (
The Ancestors
panel), 150, 151
fig

Asayahu, Joshua ben, 15

Avignon popes, 47–48

“Babylonian exile,” 20, 47–48

Bacchus
(Michelangelo), 90
fig
–91

Bandini Pietà
(Michelangelo), 280
fig
–81

Baroque art: Catholic Church patronage of, 25–26; coded protests and insults in, 29–31; historic use of codes in, 24–29; Masonic symbolism found in, 35

Bartholomew, Saint (Sistine Ceiling), 264, 284

Basilica of St. Peter (Vatican City), 4
fig,
106–7, 112–13, 279–80

Basilica of Santa Croce (Florence), 288, 289
fig

Battle of the Centaurs
(Michelangelo), 78–80, 206

Beit-El
(House of God), 12

Belvedere Apollo
(statue), 48, 257
fig

Belvedere Torso
(statue), 48, 257
fig

Benedict IV, Pope, 47

Benedict XVI, Pope, 150

Benny, Jack, 23–24, 28

“bet” (Kabbalist thinking on), 229

Biagio da Cesena, 271–72
fig

Biagio d’Antonio, 18, 21

Bilhères de Lagraulas, Cardinal, 91, 92

body snatchers, 84

Bologna: Michelangelo flees to, 87–88; reconquest by Julius II, 113–14

Bonfire of the Vanities, 96

book of Judith, 159–62, 165

Borgia, Cesare, 105

bottega
(artist workshop), 56–57

Botticelli, Sandro:
Adoration of the Magi
by, 60
fig;
paintings burned by, 88–89;
Primavera
by, 33
fig
–34;
Scenes from the Life of Moses
by, 220–21; Sistine Chapel frescos by, 18, 20, 21, 30

Bramante, Donato, 106, 107, 112, 115

B’resheet (“in the beginning”): Jewish Torah portion (
par’shiyot
) of, 190; Sistine Chapel creation story, 193–97

“The Bridge” metaphor, 305–6

Brunelleschi, 51

Buonarroti family, 41–42, 244.
See also
Michelangelo Buonarroti

Burckhardt, Jacob, 54

Byzantium (Constantinople), 48–50

Capitoline Museum (Vatican City), 9

Carafa, Cardinal Gian Pietro, 283, 284, 285, 295.
See also
Paul IV, Pope Carnevali, Domenico, 207–8

Cathedral of Bologna, 113–14, 169–70

Catholic Church: art symbolism on knowledge forbidden by, 31–34; attempts to reconcile Protestants and, 283; corruption of the, 241; Council of Trent of, 283, 287; Fourth Lateran Council (1215) of, 153;
Gli Spirituali
movement to reform, 261–62, 283; Index of Forbidden Books compiled by, 283, 285, 295; Inquisition of, 87, 151, 283, 295; limbo concept of, 150; modern liberalization of, 156, 289–91; Neoplatonism rejected by, 64–67;
nicodemismo
approach to reforming the, 281; as patron of the arts, 25–26; Rome established as capital of, 48; Sistine Chapel ceiling’s “official story” by, 123–28;
successionism
doctrine of, 11, 19, 298; Valdés’s criticism of, 260–61; Vatican II reform of, 156, 289.
See also
papacy; Vatican City (
Città del Vaticano
)

central strip (Sistine Chapel):
Creation of Adam
panel of, 197–201;
Creation of Eve
panel of, 201–2
fig;
creation portion of, 193–97;
Drunkenness of Noah
panel of, 210–12;
The Flood
panel of, 208
fig
–10;
The Forbidden Fruit
panel of, 202–6; general description and design of, 187, 188
fig
–92; Middle Path (path of the righteous) symbolism of, 189–90;
Sacrifice of Noah
panel of, 190–92, 206–8

Cervini, Cardinal Marcello, 284–85

Charles II (king of France), 47

Chessed (“mercy”), 71
fig,
180, 185, 189, 232, 269

Chochmah/Wisdom, 200

Christianity: Neoplatonism bridging Judaism, Classical world and, 86; story of Moses foreshadowing Christ and, 19;
successionism
of, 11, 19, 298

Church of San Pietro in Vincoli (Rome): monument to Julius II at, 273–81;
Moses
statue at, 236–39, 276
fig
, 277, 278
fig;
photograph of, 276
fig;
reclining statue of Julius II at, 278–79

Church of Santa Croce (Rome), 86

Church of Santa Maria Novella, 158

Church of Santo Spirito (Florence), 83, 84

Cicero, 303

Clement V, Pope, 47