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.
It took 4 years and was a massive job. From the floor to the ceiling is 70 feet and to reach the ceiling he had to build scaffolding. Most of the work he did laying down on his back on the scaffolding and he would often remove what he had painted because he didn't like how it looked. He was a perfectionist and he had problems with his eyes before he finally finished the painting.
that he did not like the popes bribing him. For him money nothing compared to the kingdom of god that he had entered into.
Michelangelo literally had to paint the ceiling on his back (on a sturdy platform, of course); even when paint started to drip into his eyes.
He had not painted fresco for many years, and the task of painting a ceiling 13x40 meters in size 20 meters above the floor was indeed a difficulty.
he didet like the repect he was geting out of it
It is very difficult to paint a ceiling.
Michelangelo's Doni Tondo is a painting that was not produced to adorn the Sistine chapel.
by michelangelo painting it with paint
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the dome of St. Peter's Basilica.
The ones on the ceiling and altar wall of the Sistine Chapel.
He was painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
michelangelo's sistine chapel cieling
In the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City in Rome, Italy.The Sistine Chapel was the name of the chapel in which Michelangelo painted a picture upon the ceiling.
The ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo finished the ceiling on November 1st, 1512.
1512.
Michelangelo's famous paintings was the Pieta.Answer 2:No, sorry, the Pietà is a sculpture.His paintings in the Sistine Chapel are the most famous.
There are no sculptures in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo painted the ceiling and the altar of the Sistine Chapel.