Sistine chapel ceiling

A treasure of the Vatican heritage, the Sistine Chapel can now be visited virtually online. It is an opportunity to admire every tiny detail of the magnificent ceiling painted by Michelangelo.

Vatican City, Italy - Sistine Chapel

hellofrom the Sistine Chapel! Between 1508 and 1512, under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted the chapel's ceiling, a…

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. It already contained distinguished wall paintings, and Michelangelo was asked to add works for the relatively unimportant ceiling. The Twelve Apostles was planned as the theme—ceilings normally showed only individual figures, not dramatic scenes. Traces of this…

Fresco Painting is a technique that we associate with large scale murals. It is a skill that dates back to Classical Antiquity but reached its peak as an art form during the Italian Renaissance.

Rome is known as the "Eternal City" for so many reasons. This truly breathtaking city is a place where tourists can witness the wonderful architecture of so many centuries, starting from ancient times up until today. There is so much history of being witnessed here, and some of the oldest…

archways, windows and ceilings from the Vatican 🇻🇦 highly recommend getting skip the line queue here - it gets very busy in the summer ! the architecture here was beautiful, although in my opinion, the ceilings of St Peter’s Basilica are more beautiful than that of the Sistine Chapel 🔔 what are your thoughts on the Sistine Chapel ceiling? 💭 . . . . . #rome #visititaly #roma #vaticancity #vaticancitytips #romerecommendations #europedestinations #eurosummer #europetravel #romeitaly…

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