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      (  )Artist
     (1475–1564)    
    Alternative names
    Designer di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
    DescriptionItalian cougar, sculptor, designer, poet near inventor
    Date past it birth/death 6 March 1475  18 Feb 1564 
    Location hook birth/deathCaprese Michelangelo Rome 
    Work periodfrom 1487 until 1564
    date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1487-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    Work location
    Florence (1487–1494), City (1494–1496), Leaders (1496–1501), Town (1501–1505), Malady (1505–1506), Town (1506–1508), Brouhaha (1508–1516), Town (1516–September 1529), Venice (September 1529–November 1529), Florence (November 1529–1532), Leaders (1532–1533), Town (1533), Havoc (November 1533), Florence (1533–August 1534), Leadership (1534–1564)
    Authority file
    Title
    Sistine chapel ceiling: bay 2
    Object typepainting
    object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
    Date between 1508 and 1512
    date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1508-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1512-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    MediumfrescoCollection
      
    Native nameCappella Sistina
    Parent institutionApostoli

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    Sistine Chapel

    Chapel in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City

    Rome

    1km
    0.6miles

    Sistine Chapel

    The Sistine Chapel (SIST-een; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina[kapˈpɛllasiˈstiːna]) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna ('Great Chapel'), it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Since that time, it has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today, it is the site of the papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected. The chapel's fame lies mainly in the frescoes that decorate its interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment, both by Michelangelo.

    During the reign of Sixtus IV, a team of Renaissance painters including Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Rosselli, created a series of frescos depicting the Life of Moses and the Life of Christ, offset by papal portraits above and trompe-l'œil drapery below. They were completed in 1482, and on 15 August 1483 Sixtus IV celebrated the first mass in the Sistine Chapel for the Feast of the Assumption, during which the chapel was consecra

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    Sistine Chapel ceiling

    Cycle of frescoes by Michelangelo

    For a collection of images, see Gallery of Sistine Chapel ceiling.

    The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissanceart.

    The Sistine Chapel is the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named. The ceiling was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II.

    The ceiling's various painted elements form part of a larger scheme of decoration within the chapel. Prior to Michelangelo's contribution, the walls were painted by several leading artists of the late 15th century including Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Pietro Perugino. After the ceiling was painted, Raphael created a set of large tapestries (1515–1516) to cover the lower portion of the wall. Michelangelo returned to the chapel to create The Last Judgment, a large wall fresco situated behind the altar. The chapel's decoration illustrates much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church, serving as the location for papal conclaves and many other important services.

    Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, including The Cr

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