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Built between 1475 and 1483, in the time of Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere, the Sistine Chapel has originally served as Palatine Chapel. The chapel is rectangular in shape and measures 40.93 meters long by 13.41 meters wide, Michelangelo Buonarroti was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling;
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Pope Julius II (also known as Giulio II and "Il papa terribile"), requested that Michelangelo paint the chapel ceiling. Julius, however, was adamant that Michelangelo - and no other - should paint the chapel ceiling. The Creation of Adam (fresco), detail from the Sistine Chapel ceiling...
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Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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One of the largest online painting museums. New exhibits daily. Biographies and main works of many famous artists. Excellent quality of reproductions. Historical comments. The interior of the Sistine Chapel showing the ceiling fresco. Sistine Chapel, Vatican. More.
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Michelangelo Interior of The Sistine Chapel This is only a thumbnail image. Use the Image Viewer to study the much larger full-sized image. The Image Viewer allows you to resize the image to fit your screen, display as a thumbnail, zoom in up to 200%, or even change the background color.
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Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel while lying on his back for four years. This is the story of that creation. The Chapel is most famous for its ceiling, Another obstacle Michelangelo overcame in painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling was mold. It might not sound like much of a drawback,
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Michelangelo unveils the unfinished Sistine Chapel Ceiling November 1, 1509 • Michelangelo Unveiled the Unfinished Sistine Chapel Ceiling Michelangelo amazed contemporaries with the Sistine Chapel ceiling.This was painted later on a wall in the chapel.
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Web Gallery of Art, image collection, virtual museum and searchable database of European fine arts (painting, sculpture) of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism and Romanticism periods (1100-1850), containing over 20.300 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, guided tours, free postcard service are available.
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