Sistine Chapel

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 paintings in the Sistine Chapel are frescoes. Pigment was mixed with wet plaster directly on the wall or ceiling.
A Fresco painting, from the Italian word affrescowhich derives from the adjective fresco ("fresh"), describes a method, where the paint is applied on plaster on walls or ceilings. The Buon fresco technique consists of painting in pigment mixed with water on a thin layer of wet, fresh,lime mortar or plaster.

stuff to keep it satisfied.

Michelangelo told Pope Julius that he had forgotten all about mural painting. So he was allowed to send for a couple of experts from Florence who (perhaps) helped Michelangelo to get started. Then he did all the painting by himself.

Probably a plasterer helped him prepare the ground for each day's painting. That worker remains anonymous.

It is in the Vatican. This small state is completely enclosed in Rome, Italy.cgvhgtch

For the ceiling, just a bit over 4 years. That was the time from start to finish. But during that time Michelangelo was absent for at least two long periods. Then came the "Last Judgement", which took 6 years.

No. It was painted by Michelangelo.

He very nearly did, but the patron (the guy with the money) gave in to Michelangelo's persuasion that he should be selected.

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.

It changed the history of art. It did not change the world.

He created a set of scaffolding on which he could lay on to paint the ceiling. He used a technique called Fresco where the pigment is mixed with wet plaster and applied to the wall. This meant that he had to know how fast he could paint an area before the plaster dried.

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

there are no statues in the Sistine chapel.

No, he did not. One of his younger contemporaries, Michelangelo, painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Sistine Chapel (Italian: Cappella Sistina) is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City. Its fame rests on its architecture, evocative of Solomon's Temple of the Old Testament, and on its decoration which has been frescoed throughout by the greatest Renaissance artists, including Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, and Sandro Botticelli. Under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. He resented the commission, and believed his work only served the Pope's need for grandeur. However, today the ceiling, and especially The Last Judgement, are widely believed to be Michelangelo's crowning achievements in painting.

19 meters.

It is important because Michelangelo painted it and it is some of the greatest art in the world. It took incredible effort by one man to paint the entire ceiling while laying down. It also portrays stories from The Bible which are very important to Christians.

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.

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.

No, he definitely did not. He tried every way to say no to the Pope, but was ordered to paint. Twice during the work he even ran away, but each time he was detected and taken back to Rome. Michelangelo wanted to sculpt, not to paint.

Scenes from the Bible (Old Testament).


The scenes at the exact center are Creation of Eve, Fall of Man and Expulsion frm Paradise.

It's about 40 meters (131 feet) long by 13 meters (43 feet) wide. These numbers are rounded off just a little bit. Michelangelo painted over 5,000 square feet of frescoes.

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.