The Sistine Chapel
Saturday, 13 June 2015 - 02:36 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , House of the Month , Museums, Exhibitions
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Sistine Chapel is the best-known chapel in the
Apostolic Palace , the official residence of the
Pope in the
Vatican City . It is famous for its architecture and its decoration that was frescoed throughout by
Renaissance artists including
Michelangelo ,
Sandro Botticelli ,
Pietro Perugino ,
Pinturicchio and others. Under the patronage of
Pope Julius II , Michelangelo painted 1,100 m2 (12,000 sq ft) of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. The ceiling, and especially
The Last Judgment (1535–1541), is widely believed to be Michelangelo’s crowning achievement in painting.
The Creation of Adam is arguably the most famous section of Michelangelo’s fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling painted circa 1511–1512. It is traditionally thought to illustrate the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man.
The iconic image of the Hand of God giving life to Adam by Michelangelo
The chapel takes its name from
Pope Sixtus IV , who restored the old Cappella Magna between 1477 and 1480. During this period a team of painters that included
Pietro Perugino ,
Sandro Botticelli and
Domenico Ghirlandaio created a series of frescoed panels depicting the life of
Moses and the life of Christ, offset by papal portraits above and
trompe-l’œil drapery below. These paintings were completed in 1482, and on 15 August 1483, Sixtus IV celebrated the first mass in the Sistine Chapel for the Feast of the
Assumption , at which ceremony the chapel was consecrated and dedicated to the
Virgin Mary .
Since the time of Sixtus IV, the chapel has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today it is the site of the
Papal conclave , the process by which a new Pope is selected.
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Vatican Museums – Sistine Chapel ,
Virtual 360° Tour of the Sistine Chapel and
Wikipedia Sistine Chapel . Learn more about the
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