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  2. Glass etching - Wikipedia

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    There are many interior and exterior applications for acid-etched glass. Acid-etched glass is widely used for: Enhancing every area where glass can be used and where a little privacy and natural light is desired; Creating feature walls or partitions. Enriching doors and windows; Heightening the look of balustrades; Augmenting shower and bath ...

  3. Gallery of the Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia

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    The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which The Creation of Adam is the best known, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations.

  4. Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia

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    The ceiling was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II. The ceiling's various painted elements form part of a larger scheme of decoration within the chapel. Prior to Michelangelo's contribution, the walls were painted by several leading artists of the late 15th century including Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Pietro Perugino.

  5. Sistine Chapel - Wikipedia

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    Exterior of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel is about 35 metres (118 feet) long and 14 m (46 ft) wide, [15] with the ceiling rising to about 20 m (66 ft) above the main floor. [9]: 28 [16] Its exterior is unadorned by architectural or decorative details, as is common in many Italian churches of the Medieval and Renaissance eras. It has no ...

  6. Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes - Wikipedia

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    The ceiling before the restoration [c]. The preliminary experimentation for the modern restoration began in 1979. The restoration team comprised Gianluigi Colalucci, Maurizio Rossi, Piergiorgio Bonetti, and others, [6] who took as their guidelines the Rules for restoration of works of art as established in 1978 by Carlo Pietrangeli, director of the Vatican's Laboratory for the Restoration of ...

  7. Dropped ceiling - Wikipedia

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    A dropped ceiling is a secondary ceiling, hung below the main (structural) ceiling. It may also be referred to as a drop ceiling, T-bar ceiling, false ceiling, suspended ceiling, grid ceiling, drop in ceiling, drop out ceiling, or ceiling tiles and is a staple of modern construction and architecture in both residential and commercial applications.

  8. Mutual Building - Wikipedia

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    Black, gold-veined onyx is used in the Darling Street foyer, the ceiling of which is over 15 metres high and finished with gold leaf, laid by Italian workmen. The view of the glass window over the door to the banking hall (above) shows the iconic ziggurat shape of the building etched into the glass. Visitors must climb 17 steps to gain access ...

  9. Pigmented structural glass - Wikipedia

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    Originally, only beige, black, and white colors were available. But by the 1930s, new manufacturing methods could make pigmented structure glass translucent, and more than 30 colors were available. [2] In time, even agate- and marble-like color patterns were available. [11] Black structural glass was sometimes silvered, to give it a reflective ...