Ceiling+of+the+Sistene+Chapel+-SS

** The Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ** ** Scarlet Sevits **

**__Date:__** Was painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. Vatican City.
 * __ Location : __** the Sistine Chapel in the

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 * The ceiling took about four years for Michelangelo to paint.
 * The frescoes depict scenes of the Creation, Noah's journey, portraits of prophets, the ancestors of Jesus, scenes of cherubs, and stories of tragedy from ancient Israel.
 * The ceiling is home to over 3,000 painted figures.
 * The ceiling was originally ordered by Pope Julius ll to have a blue sky with gold stars, but Michelangelo had his own ideas.
 * After his experience with painting the chapel ceiling, Michelangelo’s vision had deteriorated so much that he had to have other people read to him.

**__Summary:__** The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is important to history because it is the most fantastic masterpiece of one of the world’s greatest artists; Michelangelo. The ceiling was ordered to be painted by Pope Julius ll in 1508, about 28 years after the chapel was built. Now the immense fresco, after hundreds of years, still shows over 3,000 images. The magnificent piece of art depicts scenes from the Bible, portraits of prophets, and ancestors of Jesus. The ceiling is a remaining piece of Renaissance art, which has provided technique inspiration to all artists in the centuries after it was made.

 **The famous image of God's hand giving life to Adam.**