Sistine Chapel

Name: Sistine Chapel

The History of Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museums in Rome, probably the most discussed building in the world, focuses initially on the Renaissance and Michelangelo.  The frescoes that decorate the Sistine Chapel represent the finest moment of the Renaissance movement.

Michelangelo's famous Sistine ceiling depicts scenes from Genesis in dramatic and moving detail, while The Last Judgment on the end wall is striking and powerful. As if that were not enough, the side walls are covered with important Renaissance frescoes by other artists, depicting biblical scenes and contemporary popes.

But the Sistine Chapel is more than the sum of its artistic wonders: it is a symbolic statement of papal authority and the place in which papal elections in conclave are held to this day.

It was built between 1475 and 1483 for Pope Sixtus IV by Giovannino de' Dolci. Some of the great artists who designed the walls of the Sistine Chapel were Sandro Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Pinturicchio, and Luca Signorelli.  

The walls were decorated according to the partition of the world history into three eras: the first era was before the Ten Commandments were given to Moses, the second between Moses and Christ's birth, and the third was the Christian era thereafter. The second and the third eras have been represented in the Quattrocento frescoes on the Chapel's side walls with stories drawn from the life of Moses and Jesus Christ.  

The Sistine Chapel is one of the main attractions to visit in Vatican City. The highlight of a visit to the Vatican Museums, the famous chapel contains ceiling and altar frescoes by Michelangelo and is considered one of the artist's greatest achievements and is also decorated from floor to ceiling by some of the most famous names in Renaissance painting.

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