sistine chapel painting history

Graham-Dixon immersed himself in the paintings for some time and has now written a book for general readers, Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel (Skyhorse Publishing), published to coincide with the work's 500th anniversary.... such as the notion that Michelangelo painted the vault of the chapel lying down on his back; this is how he was portrayed, for instance, in the 1965 Hollywood film The Agony and the Ecstasy, based on Irving Stone's historical novel. In fact...


View of the Sistine Chapel


Sistine Chapel


Sistine Chapel paintings


Sistine Chapel Paintings


Photo by: Michelangelo


History of the Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel. April 12, 2012. Here's a little update from our trip. On Tuesday we visited the Vatican Museum. I didn't really understand what it was. I thought we were just getting to see the Sistine Chapel, but instead, it's a huge art museum with the Sistine Chapel as the finale. I had such an emotional reaction ..... The well known art history Jim Elkins has also written about these responses, in his book “Pictures and Tears: A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings':...
The Sistine Chapel

In 1508, Michelangelo began what was considered to be his greatest work of painting. He was commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and finished this piece of colossal work...
sistine chapel painting history