How did the bible influence Michelangelo's imagination?

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Answer 1

Read these sites carefully.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel_ceiling

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080311185313AAkrx6Q

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The source of Michelangelo's inspiration was the belief, as he put it in a poem, that, "Whatever beauty here on earth is seen,/ To meet the longing and perceptive eye,/ Is semblance of that source divine, / From whence we all come./ In this alone we catch a glimpse of Heaven." Art had religious value because it was the only way to glimpse the divine intention.