He did not. He painted stories from the Old Testament on it.
The Sistine Chapel, designed by Michelangelo, took almost eleven years to build (1473 to 1484) under the supervision of Giovannino de Dolci for Pope Sixtus IV. Find out more about the Sistine Chapel at http://vaticanart.net/painting-of-the-sistine-ceiling
He commissioned Michelangelo to design and build a magnificent tomb for Julius. He also commissioned him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Those two works took up more time than anything else Michelangelo had to do.
He did not actually build the Sistine Chapel, he only painted the ceiling. He was forced to paint it by the nobles, king, and some middle class people of the time. He was very reluctant to take on such a challenge, but he did complete it, allegedly blind in the end.
There is no historical evidence to suggest that slaves built the Sistine Chapel. The chapel, located in Vatican City, was constructed between 1473 and 1481 under the direction of architect Giovanni dei Dolci, and later famous artists like Michelangelo worked on its interior, including the iconic ceiling. The labor force primarily consisted of skilled artisans and craftsmen rather than enslaved individuals.
The Sistine Chapel, designed by Baccio Pontelli, took almost eleven years to build (1473 to 1484) under the supervision of Giovannino de Dolci for Pope Sixtus IV.
How much it cost to build in the 1580s nobody knows.
The Sistine Chapel is ... priceless. No amount of money in the world could replace the existing artwork on the ceiling if the building were destroyed. While certainly considered priceless by the Catholic Congregation..... there IS a monetary value associated with it, because it cost money to build, to furnish, and to maintain. I am positive that at some level within the Catholic Church, someone can assign a monetary value to the Sistine Chapel, as well as all other buildings, statues, etc. inside the Vatican walls.
Michelangelo's vocation was sculpting. Perhaps his most famous sculpture was the David (Currently in Florence, Italy) and he is widely known for his painting the Sistine Chapel (in the Vatican, in Rome, Italy). Pope Julius II first commissioned Michelangelo to build his tomb, which was not completed and had only 1 of the 40 statues Michelangelo was to build. It was not done by the time the pope died. Before Julius II passed, though, he commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He didn't want to paint it, because he was not a painter; he was a sculptor. He did it, though. It is painted with scenes from the Old and New Testament. It was considered innapropriate and there was much discrepancy over it, because it portraied nude figures in the Pope's private chapel. The Pope did not want to take it down, so it remains today, expressing human beauty. Later the Last Judgment was commissioned by Clement VII in the same room as the Sistine Chapel. It showed Jesus in His full glory, coming to earth to judge the living and the dead. Saints are depicted with symbols of their martyrdom, and St. Bartholomew holds Michelangelo's flayed skin. In a kind of whirlwind, the pure souls fly to heaven, while the damned souls are sent to Hell, with expressions of pure terror and fear written plainly on their faces. He also painted his "enemy" in the corner of the painting as a kind of devil. Michelangelo claims the figure is helping to judge the souls, but I personally think he was getting back at the guy. I hope this helped. Source(s) I'm doing a research paper on him.
No, his predecessor, Leo X, commissioned Michelangelo to build the New Sacristy in the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence. Antonio da Sangallo the Younger made the tombs for Leo X and Clement VII in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.
He spent 4 years on a scaffold on his back painting the frescoes. One problem he had was often the plaster would dry out while he was still working on the art. He went blind for a time because of the paints, and he would often remove what he had done because it wasn’t perfect. The scaffolding was 70 feet above the floor of the chapel and at that height he had to be careful. The pope often would come in asking when he would be done.
No, he did not.
it took 22 years and 12 days to build the white chapel of egypt.