michelangelo sistine chapel painting ceiling

At the age associated with 17 he began dissecting corpses from the church graveyard. Between the years 1508 and 1512 he painted the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Michelangelo Buonarroti known by his first name...


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The Sistine Chapel Ceiling


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Sistine Chapel Ceiling


Sistine Chapel Ceiling


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The International Space Station's humanoid robot helper, Robonaut 2, reaches out to touch a gloved astronaut hand in a photo that pays tribute to Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling painting. CREDIT: NASA. Humans and robots...
Space Robot Photo Recreates Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Scene ...

Those who attended were the first people to see one of the most celebrated works of Western art—the magnificent frescoes painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti on the chapel's ceiling. Asked to paint the twelve apostles,...
michelangelo sistine chapel painting ceiling