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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.
Sep 16, 2020 · In 1508 CE the Pope commissioned the celebrated Florentine sculptor and painter Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE) to paint scenes on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508-1512, fresco. The Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous painted interior spaces in the world, and virtually all of this fame comes from the breathtaking painting of its ceiling from about 1508-1512.
Sistine Chapel, papal chapel in the Vatican Palace that was erected in 1473–81 by the architect Giovanni dei Dolci for Pope Sixtus IV. It is famous for its Renaissance frescoes, the most important of which are the frescoes by Michelangelo on the ceiling and on the west wall behind the altar.
Jun 3, 2022 · The Sistine Chapel ceiling painting by Michelangelo has been an attraction since its completion in 1512; it takes us on a visual journey of narratives from the Old Testament in the Bible.
Aug 7, 2024 · Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel, Renaissance, Art: The Sistine Chapel had great symbolic meaning for the papacy as the chief consecrated space in the Vatican, used for great ceremonies such as electing and inaugurating new popes.
Sistine Chapel Ceiling, by Michelangelo. When Michelangelo actually started painting the Sistine Chapel Ceiling at the east end, probably in the early months of 1509, the implications of the structure had not been entirely established in his mind.
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. by Christine Zappella. God created the world in seven days, but it took Michelangelo four years to depict it on this remarkable ceiling. Michelangelo, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 1508–12, fresco (Vatican, Rome). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese, March 6, 1475 – Rome, February 18, 1564) is the one who painted the marvelous Sistine Chapel. It was the artist himself who created the David, Moses, Pietà and the Dome of St. Peter.
Dec 24, 2018 · Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was better known as a sculptor when Pope Julius II tapped him to illuminate the Sistine Chapel. Known to the world as Michelangelo, the Florentine was...
