Elizabeth Lev: The unheard story of the Sistine Chapel
Elizabet Lev (Elizabeth Lev): Nepoznata priča o Sikstinskoj kapeli
Elizabeth Lev's experience studying and teaching art has led her to believe that when we encounter something beautiful, we are made vulnerable and opened to the truth. Full bio
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to the Vatican Museums.
down long corridors,
lots and lots of stuff.
i mnogih drugih stvari.
a stair and a door.
stepenik i vrata.
of the Sistine Chapel.
what do we have?
by painted curtains,
oslikanim zavesama,
to keep out cold during long masses,
tokom dugih službi,
velikog pozorišta života.
the great theater of life.
plays a part is a great story,
u kojoj svako od nas igra ulogu
priču koja obuhvata ceo svet
in the three stages
as a space for a small group
kao prostor za malu grupu bogatih,
They elected their pope there.
ecclesiastical man cave.
za sveštenike.
that today it attracts and delights
kako to da danas privlači i očarava
there was a creative explosion,
odvijala kreativna eksplozija,
of new geopolitical frontiers,
zbog novih geopolitičkih granica,
missionary tradition of the Church
misionarsku tradiciju Crkve
works of art in history.
u istoriji umetnosti.
as a great evolution,
kao velika evolucija,
od nekolicine pripadnika elite
to audiences of people
čitavoj publici ljudi
to a historical circumstance.
za istorijske okolnosti.
parochial perspective.
koja je bila prilično palanačka.
worldviews were dramatically altered
u pogledima na svet
razdoblje velikih geografskih otkrića,
was well under way
da postane globalna.
reflected a smaller world.
odražavali su manji svet.
of Jesus and Moses,
o životu Isusa i Mojsija,
of the Jewish and Christian people.
jevrejskog i hrišćanskog naroda.
Pope Sixtus IV,
Papa Sikst IV,
kao što je Sandro Botičeli
Michelangelo's future painting teacher,
Mikelanđelov učitelj slikanja,
with a frieze of pure color,
frizom čistih boja,
familiar landscapes,
poznate pejzaže.
or a Tuscan landscape
ili pejzaže Toskane
something much more familiar.
nešto mnogo poznatije.
papinih prijatelja i porodice,
of the Pope's friends and family,
for a small court
za malu palatu
otkriven je Novi svet
microcosm had to expand as well.
od 40 sa 14 metara morao da se proširi.
Mikelanđelo Buonaroti,
was Michelangelo Buonarroti,
to decorate 12,000 square feet of ceiling,
površine 1 115 kvadratnih metara,
obučio se da bude slikar,
but had left to pursue sculpture.
da bi se bavio skulpturom.
because he had left a stack
jer je ostavio gomilu
of a great sculptural project,
velikog skulptorskog projekta,
to paint 12 apostles
da naslika 12 apostola
in the Sistine Chapel ceiling,
tavanice Sikstinske kapele,
every other ceiling in Italy.
kao bilo koja druga tavanica u Italiji.
to sail across the Atlantic Ocean,
da plovi Atlantskim okeanom,
new artistic waters.
novim umetičkim vodama.
of great beginnings,
stories on a ceiling.
te priče na tavanici.
a busy scene from 62 feet below?
užurbanu scenu 19 metara ispod nje?
handed on for 200 years
koja se tokom 200 godina prenosila
for this kind of a narrative.
za ovakvu vrstu priče.
to filling space with busyness,
popunjavanja prostora užurbanošću,
and hacked away at a piece of marble
i odlomio delić mermera
in massive, dynamic bodies.
kroz snažna, dinamična tela.
by the larger-than-life Pope Julius II,
upečatljivi papa Julije II,
of Michelangelo's brazen genius.
od Mikelanđelove smele genijalnosti.
for 30 years and he knew its power.
i bio je svestan njene moći.
of the Warrior Pope,
nadimak pape ratnika,
it wasn't fortresses and artillery,
to nisu tvrđave i artiljerija,
the Sistine Chapel.
Sikstinsku kapelu.
of Greco-Roman sculptures --
grčko-rimskih skulptura -
that would become the seedbed
koja će postati kolevka
the Vatican Museums.
Vatikanskih muzeja.
that would be eternally relevant
biti večno od značaja
Michelangelo and Julius II,
Mikelanđela i Julija II -
da imamo Sikstinsku kapelu.
to this project,
toliko posvećen projektu
in three and a half years,
za tri i po godine,
most of the time, hours on end,
većinu vremena, nekoliko sati bez prekida,
to paint the stories on the ceiling.
da bi naslikao priče na tavanici.
postaje globalno.
to the world around you.
na svet oko nas.
and structure and energy;
struktura i energija;
which opens onto nine panels,
koji sadrži devet segmenata,
than painterly color.
nego slikarske boje.
by the entrance,
enclosure intended for the clergy
predviđenog za sveštenike,
looking for a beginning.
tragajući za početkom.
or in biblical tradition,
naučne potrage ili biblijske tradicije,
za iskonsku iskru.
of light and dark,
svetlosti i tame,
from one side to the next.
sa jedne strane na drugu.
the sun, the moon, vegetation.
on the stuff that was being created,
na stvari koje su stvarane,
like a caesura in poetry
kao cezura u poeziji
the universe and his treasures,
univerzum i njegova blaga,
verovatno činio i Mikelanđelo,
of creation, which is man.
a to je čovek.
against a dark background.
na tamnoj pozadini.
by the creator in that finger,
Stvoritelj kroz taj prst,
from the hand of Adam.
od Adamove ruke.
from that contact,
od tog kontakta,
will discover his purpose,
otkriti svoju svrhu,
at the pinnacle of creation.
na samom vrhuncu stvaranja.
She's part of the plan.
Ona je deo plana.
that her hand curls around his arm.
da se njena šaka uvija oko njegove ruke.
from the 21st century,
iz 21. veka, ovo je bio trenutak
that the painting spoke to me.
representation of the human drama
da je ovaj prikaz ljudske drame
the heart of the ceiling,
u središtu tavanice,
together in the Garden of Eden,
u rajskom vrtu,
turns into folded shame.
postaje pognuti sram.
now in the ceiling.
na kritičnoj tački tavanice.
where you and I can go
na kome vi i ja ne možemo
out of the inner sanctum,
od unutrašnjeg svetilišta
much like Adam and Eve.
of the world around us.
and a covenant with God.
i ispunjava zavet dat bogu.
who grew grapes, invented wine,
koji je uzgajao grožđe, izmislio vino,
naked in his barn.
go u svojoj štali.
mrtvim pijanim u štali.
blind drunk in a barn.
is making fun of us.
da nas Mikelanđelo ismeva.
mračno raspoloženja
right underneath Noah:
on the prophet Zechariah.
na proroku Zahariji.
coming from the east,
da će svetlo doći sa istoka
to a new destination,
ka novom odredištu,
who will lead us on a parade.
koji nas vode na paradu.
who make safe the way,
koji pružaju sigurnost
human engine, driving it forward.
ovog velikog ustrojstva ljudi,
of the ceiling,
he's about to fall out of his space
kao da će pasti iz svog prostora
three days in the belly of the whale,
tri dana u utrobi kita,
preporoda čovečanstva
of the renewal of humanity
of visitors to that museum
encounters and meets immediate reality.
sreće neposrednu stvarnost.
archway of the altar wall,
zasvođenog prolaza oltarskog zida,
had changed again.
nakon što se svet ponovo promenio.
Islam a household word
je islam postao uobičajena tema,
into the Pacific Ocean.
koji vodi na Tihi okean.
been any further than Venice
koji nikad nije bio van Venecije
of the Last Judgment,
strikingly beautiful bodies.
no more portraits
koju sačinjavaju isključivo tela,
breaking away from the ground,
odvajajući se od zemlje,
kreću ka drugima da bi im pomogli,
reach back to help others,
pulled up together
koje podižu zajedno
goes to the winner's circle.
pripada pobedničkom krugu.
completely nude like athletes.
koji su potpuno goli, kao sportisti.
who have overcome adversity,
of people who combat adversity,
ljudi koji su pobedili nedaće,
flexing and posing
koji poziraju u savijenom položaju
proved in his painting,
pokazao na svojoj slici,
they forge it.
već je stvaraju.
is indeed a stew of nudes.
je kao gomilu nagih tela.
only the best artistic language,
isključivo najbolji umetnički jezik,
he could think of:
kog se mogao dosetiti -
virtue such as fortitude or self-mastery,
poput hrabrosti i samosavlađivanja,
wonderful collection of sculptures
i njegove sjajne zbirke skulptura
as external power.
kao spoljašnju snagu.
to not cause controversy.
da je morala izazvati polemiku.
that thanks to the printing press,
zahvaljujući štamparskoj mašini,
spread all over the place,
was labeled pornography,
ljudske drame označeno kao pornografija,
je dodao još dva portreta -
two more portraits,
papinog družbenika
a papal courtier,
as a dried up husk, no athlete,
ne sportiste,
several of these figures covered over,
kako nekoliko ovih figura pokrivaju,
over his great exhortation to glory.
na veličanstvenost.
of the human experience.
ljudskog iskustva.
to look around as if it were a mirror.
da razgledamo kao da je ogledalo.
of uplifting beauty,
ovo utočište uzvišene lepote,
life's biggest questions:
najveća životna pitanja -
in this great theater of life?
u ovom velikom pozorištu života?
this whole issue of pornography,
taj problem pornografije,
daily life scenes and improper things
svakodnevnog života i neprimerenosti
and covering up some of the figures.
i pokrivanju pojedinih figura.
destroyed because of that.
je zamalo uništeno zbog toga.
of the Last Judgment was enormous.
bio je ogromnih razmera.
that everybody saw it.
se postarala da ga svi vide.
that happened within a couple of weeks.
za par nedelja.
tokom perioda od 20 godina
over the space of 20 years
how to live our lives.
kako da živimo naše živote.
pornography in the Pope's chapel?"
pornografiju u papinoj kapeli?“
that Michelangelo died
found a compromise,
kompromisno rešenje,
these extra 30 covers,
tih 30 odevnih elemenata,
pokrivanja listovima smokve.
the origin of fig-leafing.
that was trying to save a work of art,
da spasi umetničko delo,
is not the classic tour
nije klasični obilazak
when they go to the Sistine Chapel.
kada odu u Sikstinsku kapelu.
it is a statement.
is encountering problems.
nailazi na probleme.
going through that tiny door
koji prolaze kroz ta mala vrata
na potpuno drugačiji način
in a completely different way
nice to be able to pause and look.
moći zastati i gledati.
čak i kada ste tih dana,
even when you're in those days,
with all those other people,
sa svim tim ljudima,
koliko je neverovatno
how amazing it is
from 500 years ago
koji stoje jedni uz druge sa tobom,
standing side by side with you,
truly can speak to us all
zaista može obratiti svakome od nas
i geografsku udaljenost.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Elizabeth Lev - Art historianElizabeth Lev's experience studying and teaching art has led her to believe that when we encounter something beautiful, we are made vulnerable and opened to the truth.
Why you should listen
Art historian Elizabeth Lev became captivated by Rome while completing her graduate studies. She writes and lectures on Renaissance art in the Eternal City, but is most at home in the Vatican Museums, founded in the 16th century to house the trove of art amassed by centuries of Popes. She has spent 15 years studying the vast collection, which contain not only Christian-themed works but art from virtually every other culture in the world. She consults with the Vatican Museums and wrote the film Vatican Treasures. She also wrote A Body for Glory, examining how the papal collection of Greco-Roman nudes grew into the Sistine Chapel.
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