The Sistine Chapel ceiling and one wall were painted by Michelangelo. His frescoes have become popular modern prints, the unbelievably beautiful touching of hands or giving life. It is the only chapel that took so many years to complete, and restored about 6 years ago or so, and interestingly enough, when the grime was removed, one of the angels who was sent into hell had serpents wrapped around his torso and finally holding on for dear life to his private part. I found this interesting that the artist would give that sort of punishment, especially when the Pope had problems with the nudity in the beginning of the chapel painting. The Sistine Chapel is also different from other churches because it is where the Cardinals have always met to select a new Pope. The Chapel is also located in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Rome, Italy.
He painted the ceiling, but other artists also painted parts of the Sistine Chapel.
The Sistine Chapel has a free clip art of the Michelangelo angels. There are other companies that may have some too, but the main one, and most renowned one, is the Sistine Chapel.
This could include the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City among other places.
There are churches in various countries that are not described as Christian. For example, India is 80% Hindu, but has a small Christian minority, and hundreds, if not thousands, of churches.
Michelangelo; also did the statue of David, one of his other better known works.
Michelangelo is best known for painting the Sistine Chapel; however, some of his other famous works include the statue of David, and the Pieta, a marble statue of Mary holding the body of her son Jesus on her lap. Michelangelo was also the architect of the Laurentian Library and the later stages of St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome.The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the statue of David
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.
Well, he did not. Michelangelo did. but Raphael painted some other rooms in the Vatican for Pope Julius II.
Along the walls, where he and some other Florentine artists painted scenes from the lives of Christ and Moses.
the Sistine Chapel, in St Peter's Cathedral, Rome Italy aka the Vatican
Nobody carved any marble in the Sistine Capel. Michelangelo PAINTED that ceiling. Michelangelo carved marble at other places to make sculptures as David and Moses.
It was the other way around. Michelangelo had to be persuaded and convinced to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo didn't like to paint and didn't considered himself a painter, he thought of himself as an sculptor. He agreed to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel because you just couldn't say no to the Pope. During the Renaissance times, the Pope was the most important and powerful person in the world.