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The Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants, ceiling fresco by Michelangelo, pre-restoration A post-restoration section of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel that includes the fresco shown above. The conservation-restoration of the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel was one of the most significant conservation-restorations of the 20th century.
The Sistine Chapel's ceiling restoration began on 7 November 1984. When the restoration was completed, the chapel was re-opened to the public on 8 April 1994. The part of the restoration in the Sistine Chapel that has caused the most concern is the ceiling, painted by Michelangelo.
By chance, there was an existing Sistine Chapel set in storage at Cinecittà Studios. Davies and her team pulled it and had it restored, setting it up in a slightly different way than it was ...
Colalucci began working with the Vatican in 1960, and between 1980 and 1994 led the restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes, directing a team of twelve, [4] and removing centuries of smoke, dust, glue, varnishes, and wine which had dulled the frescoes, [5] [1] [2] as well as allowing art historians to visit the chapel during this work and ...
The Sistine Chapel was restored in the late 1970s and through the 1980s. This was one of the most significant, largest and longest art restoration projects in history. The entire project took twelve years to complete, not taking into account the inspections, planning and approval of the project.
The restoration work was finished in 2009 [8] and during the 2013 conclave the cardinal-electors assembled in the Pauline Chapel to begin their procession into the Sistine Chapel. [10] The Pauline Chapel was also the venue where the non-cardinal officials, support staff and other personnel who had duties in the 2013 conclave took their oath of ...
Researchers claim to have come across a figure of great importance in Michelangelo’s nearly 500-year-old painting, The Last Judgment. Located on an entire altar wall in the Sistine Chapel in ...
The first restoration of the chapel frescoes was in 1481-1482, by Filippino Lippi, who was also responsible for completing the cycle. Due to the lamps used for lighting the dark chapel, the frescoes were relatively quickly coated in dust and dirt from the smoke. Another restoration was conducted at the end of the 16th century.