Impossible to say, but at present there are 4 million visitors a year!
There are no sculptures in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo painted the ceiling and the altar of the Sistine Chapel.
The painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was created by the renowned artist Michelangelo Buonarroti. He worked on the ceiling from 1508 to 1512, producing a masterful series of frescoes that include iconic scenes such as "The Creation of Adam." Michelangelo's work on the Sistine Chapel is considered a pinnacle of Renaissance art.
there are no statues in the Sistine chapel.
It is meant to be regarded as one large painting. It contains some 300 figures.
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
I am elderly but not in a wheelchair. I need to know how many stairs are there to climb to reach the sistine chapel ceiling view?
It took Michelangelo 4 years to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He painted it between 1508 and 1512. Then it took him 6 years to paint the Last Judgement, which is a fresco on the wall of the altar of the Sistine Chapel. Painted between 1535-1541.
alot of people visited the Sistine chapel but there are about 4 million visitors each year
It is one large room.
The history behind the Sistine Chapel makes it appealing for history buffs and catholic pilgrims alike. The Chapel's dimensions are taken directly from the Old Testament - the temple of Solomon. The Chapel is the venue for the conclave. When a pope dies, another is chosen during a meeting of the college of cardinals called a conclave. It's the pope's chapel, and is still used as a chapel. The Chapel is highly decorated with many frescoes and other artworks commissioned by different popes during the 14-1500's. Some of the artworks were completed by some of the greatest renaissance artists. The most famous painting being the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo and arguably the most famous and renowned artwork of the renaissance.
The Sistine Chapel is one of many found in the Vatican but the most famous.
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