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The Sistine Chapel ceiling - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1508 - 1512) (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 4 days ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/artporn@lemm.ee

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

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel_ceiling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo

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[–] ValiantDust 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I just realised that I'd never seen a picture of the whole composition before. Only of individual panels, especially of the central picture of course.

So you also taught me something new today, @perishthethought@lemm.ee

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Right, I think this is like a lot of history. How it's presented in the media affects our perception of reality.

I hope to get to see this artwork in person some day.