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Sistine Chapel Ceiling

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Fresco cycle by Michelangelo Buonarroti painted 1508–1512 on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, commissioned by Pope Julius II. Includes the iconic Creation of Adam panel.

Scholarly Significance

Anchor the High Renaissance cluster with Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes, the pre-eminent painted monument of Western Renaissance art.

Notes

·Commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508; the ceiling was unveiled on 31 October 1512.
·The programme depicts nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, including the iconic Creation of Adam.
·Michelangelo worked largely alone on scaffolding, developing a new fresco technique for the project.
·The ceiling is divided into sections featuring the central Genesis narrative, Prophets and Sibyls, and the Ancestors of Christ.
·Michelangelo later added The Last Judgment (1536–1541) to the altar wall of the same chapel under Pope Paul III.