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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. The ceiling is that of the large Sistine Chapel built within the Vatican by Pope Sixtus IV , begun in 1477 and finished by 1480.
The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. The Sistine Chapel is the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV , for whom the chapel is named.
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.
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. The complex ...
Located on an entire altar wall in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, the artistic masterpiece took over four years to complete and depicts the second coming of Jesus Christ, containing around ...
Sistine Chapel, Vatican City The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants (sometimes The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Vegetation or The Creation of the Sun and the Moon ) is one of the frescoes from Michelangelo 's nine Books of Genesis scenes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling .
"Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition" is on view through Dec. 4 in a new downtown Oklahoma City venue.
The team of art-history and medical experts found that the Florentine sculptor and painter’s detailing of the woman’s right breast and area close to her right armpit was consistent with the ...