Leonardo da vinci did not paint the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo created the frescos on the ceiling and on the wall behind the alter. He did it because his work was commissioned by the pope.
These frescos are the most important works in the chapel and are considered to be among the greatest achievements of Western painting.
The ceiling required about four years of working 20 hours a day, and sleeping only 4 hours each day.
Leanardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper, another famous and important religious painting, but not part of the Sistine Chapel works.
The Sistine Chapel was painted by the world renown artist and sculptor Michelangelo between 1508 - 1512.
Leonardo painted no ceiling. Michelangelo did. It was the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo painted it between 1508 and 1512.
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.
No, my friend. That was Leonardo da Vinci.
the Sistine Chapel
He did not. Michelangelo did.
The Sistine Chapel was painted by the world renown artist and sculptor Michelangelo between 1508 - 1512.
Leonardo painted no ceiling. Michelangelo did. It was the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo painted it between 1508 and 1512.
They embraced it. The cardinals comisioned people to paint things like the Sistine Chapel and the Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci.
2 years
Leonardo da Vinci was an accomplished sculptor and although he was trained in a variety of art forms including fresco he was reluctant to paint the Sistine Chapel. His own attitude about his painting is the main reason he is thought of as a sculptor and inventor before a magnificent painter.
He very nearly did, but the patron (the guy with the money) gave in to Michelangelo's persuasion that he should be selected.
It took Michelangelo about four years to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling, from 1508 to 1512.
The Sistine Chapel in Italy
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.
No, Michelangelo did.
No, my friend. That was Leonardo da Vinci.