Thursday 19 November 2009

sistine chapel outside

On the contrary Rome was more inspiring to Deruta from the point of view of the art itself. When we think of Rome and Deruta ceramics, we think of the Vatican Rooms painted by Raphael with classical grotesques and the Sistine Chapel painted by Michelangelo.... In the late 1960s the E45 highway was built just outside of town and the Via Tiberina dismissed for most of it. The Tiberina street is known nowadays for connecting the two ends of the town of Deruta, where...

sistine chapel 300x212 Sistine
sistine chapel 300x212 Sistine

outside the sistine chapel,
outside the sistine chapel,

The Sistine Chapel: A Digital
The Sistine Chapel: A Digital

Sistine Chapel - Simple
Sistine Chapel - Simple

Sistine Chapel - Simple
Sistine Chapel - Simple

Inside the Sistine Chapel,
Inside the Sistine Chapel,

Although, I digress. The Vatican Museum requires a large amount of time to view most of the collection. I was determined to see the Sistine Chapel. A long and narrow corridor led us to the chapel. It was stop and go the entire...
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But all of the art in the museum, and in fact anywhere in the world pales in comparison to the Sistine Chapel. A quote by Goethe that I read outside the museum seemed apt the first moment I walked in: Without having seen the...
sistine chapel outside

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