Chapel

The Sistine Chapel is located in Vatican City where it serves as a combined place of worship and papal activity, and is the official residence of the Pope. It was originally known as the Capella Magna before its restoration in 1477 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom it was named. Following its completion, in 1483 the Apostolic Palace was consecrated and dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption (“Sistine Chapel”). The measurements of its simplistic rectangular design repeat those given in the Old Testament for the Temple of Solomon. The exterior walls feature large buttresses which replaced the cracked stone masonry, but are unadorned with lavish detail as common with Italian architecture of the Renaissance era. However, it is the decoration of the…

Sistine Chapel is a divine Chapel created during the Renaissance era. The Sistine chapel which was once previously called the Capella Magna is located in Vatican City, Italy. Tourists from all over the world our honored to not only enjoy the Chapel itself but the disperse artwork that surrounds the inside of the Sistine chapel. Pope Sixtus IV hired an assortment of magnificent artists to accompany him in creating one of the most remarkable and breath taking projects. The production of the…

The Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous painted interior spaces in the world, and one of the most famous works of Michelangelo which depicts key scenes from the book of genesis. This breathtaking painting came into world fame in about 1508-1512. This The chapel, situated in Vatican city of Italy, was built in 1479 under the direction of Pope Sixtus IV, and is renowned for its Renaissance art, especially the ceiling painted by Michelangelo. In 1508, Michelangelo was asked by Pope Julius…

The Sistine Chapel is the most famous chapel, which is located in the Vatican. The Sistine Chapel is a huge rectangular hall, which has an oval-shaped vaulted sailing, and is divided into two parts with an incredibly beautiful marble wall. Architects invested considerable work in the construction of the building, but the most important value and wealth of the Sistine Chapel is the present of frescoes by Michelangelo and the wall paintings of other masters, which can be called the masterpiece of…

Michelangelo painted the Sistine chapel between 1508 and 1512. To any visitor of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, two features become immediately and undeniably apparent: 1) the ceiling is really high up, and 2) there are a lot of paintings up there. Because of this, the centuries have handed down to us an image of Michelangelo lying on his back, wiping sweat and plaster from his eyes as he toiled away year after year, suspended hundreds of feet in the air, begrudgingly completing a commission…

sPreservation of the Sistine Chapel One of the most important monuments to human artistic inginuitiy and history is widely regarded to be the Sistine Chapel. Consecrated in 1483, a group of renaiscance painters consisting of Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perguino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Roselli, created the numerous frescos that adorn its walls and ceiling. The paintings have held up magnificiently over time, however, the era in which they were created were no the best for…

Michelangelo was an artisan born in Caprese, Italy on March 6, 1475. He became an apprentice in painting and eventually became a sculptor and created a lot of his art in Italy. There three major projects he has completed that he is famous that are the Statue of David, and Pieta; he also created the ceiling painting for the Sistine Chapel of Rome. There aren’t many things that inspired Michelangelo to create his art, but there are some factors like some versions of stories of his life that he…

Karen McDaniel McDaniel 1 07/10/15 Art 111: Introduction to the Arts Traci Garland Sistine Chapel Restoration Sistine Chapel Restoration Controversy Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in the tiny village of Caprese in 1475. During his life he was considered Europe’s greatest living artist and after his death he is still considered, “one…

Being that Michelangelo was a sculptor, what did he think about painting? Michelangelo enjoyed sculpting and creating a work of art that was produced by his own hands. At a certain time in his life one thing led after another, and he wound up in a commitment that he had to fulfill whether he liked it or not. When the Pope told Michelangelo that his job was to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel he was furious. He felt that painting was the job of a woman or “mediocrities like Raphael”. He…

The Rothko Chapel, located in Houston, Texas, presents a deceptively simple exterior. The ungarnished brick walls lack intrigue or grandeur, the doorway is simply a means of entrance rather than a spectacle, yet over 55,000 visitors are drawn to the location every year (YouTube). The sanctuary inside is just as plain, aside from fourteen imposing murals created by the chapel’s namesake, Mark Rothko. They adorn bare walls, constantly shifting appearance with the light cast from the chapel’s…