The Last Judgment by Michelangelo stood out to me as a chaotic piece of art. What initially struck me is that everyone is doing something, which is probably why the fresco seems chaotic upon initial glance. In reading Chapter 15, Marcia B. Hall and Leo Steinberg I got a better understanding of how to view the Last Judgment as well as interpret it. I did not know much regarding the second coming of Jesus Christ and the interpretation of the last judgment in Christianity. What struck most was Christ’s depiction. Jesus is typically portrayed with a beard and long hair. In the Last Judgment as Hall noted he is “apollonian” and depicted in an untraditional manner (Hall, 89). I had not known that Jesus was even depicted before our readings. Hall
