In a meticulous investigation, which can be downloaded for free at Bajalibros, the author reveals the messages that the Renaissance artist left hidden in the Sistine Chapel, his masterpiece.
By René Salomé
Those who were lucky enough to be able to visit and tour the Vatican They know that there is not enough time to appreciate everything that the smallest country in the world has to offer. From its majestic architecture to its imposing sculptures, it unites in one place history, art and religion, which makes it very difficult to delve into every detail.
Maybe that's why, for the average tourist, the Vatican is full of mysteries that still wait to be revealed, particularly the Renaissance artist's masterpiece Miguel Angel: the Sistine Chapel.
En The hidden secrets of Michelangelo in the Vatican -book that It can be downloaded for free at Bajalibros by clicking here-, the Argentinian Silvio Goren sheds light on all the enigmas that survived the last five centuries, invisible to the “generic tourist” who, as he claims, “sees nothing.”
"Undoubtedly there are still messages that continue to be discovered"said the expert in an exchange via email with Infobae Let's read. His meticulous research is based on interviews with specialists, tours within the Holy See outside the tourist circuit and exhaustive work that takes several years.
Goren writes in the book: “There are true stories that surpass fiction novels, only they are mostly relegated to the knowledge of specialists and do not transcend the general sphere.”
For the benefit of the curious non-specialists, the author breaks down one by one all the secrets and hidden messages that Michelangelo left in the famous and complex frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, both those that the Church wanted to keep hidden and those that, due to the artist's skill, remained invisible over the centuries.
Posted by Let's read, the publishing imprint of Infobae, Michelangelo's hidden secrets in the Vatican It is an invitation to know all the details that, otherwise, would go unnoticed, from the different explicit allusions to homosexuality -some were covered at the time and discovered in the reconstructions of the Sistine Chapel-, or to judaism and the Hebrew culture to the complicities with the Pope of that time to avoid censure and condemnation as a heretic.
– What do you think is Michelangelo's most important secret in the Sistine Chapel? Could there still be hidden messages undiscovered?
-Undoubtedly there are still messages that continue to be discovered; However, “the most important” is the contextual one, since it involves Michelangelo's bitter mockery of his disappointment with politics and the handling of power, which distorted his own creed.
– How did he manage to avoid censorship and allude so explicitly to homosexuality, Judaism and the criticisms that he himself had of the Church?
-Although Michelangelo managed to avoid visits to “not be disturbed in his creation” (even by the Pope himself, for a time), historians cannot determine how he was able to evade critical observations. A very simple one that occurs to me is that the most controversial images were finished last, avoiding completing the “details” that made their characters “scandalous.”
– Why was he treated as a heretic and yet allowed to carry out the work?
-When the situation became obviously worse, to the point that the protests put him at risk Michelangelo on the brink of heresy, the Pope minimized the situation, even with a certain sense of humor; although there are no known determinants that reliably relate these situations.
– You claim that “the tourist sees nothing” when he goes to the Vatican. What should a “generic tourist” pay attention to when touring the Holy See?
-The “he sees nothing” is an ironic expression to highlight the paltry information provided on the tours. In theory, a tourist should “upgrade” beforehand, before traveling, to know in advance “what you should pay more attention to”, or the most important implications for your personal expectations. Thus, an artist will prioritize a certain technique of an author; An observant religious person would appreciate images dedicated to a deity or his or her creed; A mystic would seek to confront the “sensations” that certain works transmit to him… and so on, for a long time.
Source: Infobae
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