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Sistine Chapel ceiling

Cycle of frescoes by Michelangelo

For a collection of images, see Gallery of Sistine Chapel ceiling.

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

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.

The ceiling's various painted elements form part of a larger scheme of decoration within the chapel. Prior to Michelangelo's contribution, the walls were painted by several leading artists of the late 15th century including Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Pietro Perugino. After the ceiling was painted, Raphael created a set of large tapestries (1515–1516) to cover the lower portion of the wall. Michelangelo returned to the chapel to create The Last Judgment, a large wall fresco situated behind the altar. The chapel's decoration illustrates much of the doctri

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File:Michelangelo - Sistine chapel ceiling - bay 2.jpg

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Alternative names	Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Description	Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet and inventor
Date of birth/death	6 March 1475	18 February 1564
Location of birth/death	Caprese Michelangelo	Rome
Work period	from 1487 until 1564 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1487-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1564-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Florence (1487–1494), Bologna (1494–1496), Rome (1496–1501), Florence (1501–1505), Rome (1505–1506), Florence (1506–1508), Rome (1508–1516), Florence (1516–September 1529), Venice (September 1529–November 1529), Florence (November 1529–1532), Rome (1532–1533), Florence (1533), Rome (November 1533), Florence (1533–August 1534), Rome (1534–1564)
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Sistine chapel ceiling: bay 2

Object typepainting

object_type QS:P31,Q3305213

Date between 1508 and 1512

date QS:P571,+155

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Sistine Chapel

Chapel in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City

Rome

1km
0.6miles

Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel (SIST-een; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina[kapˈpɛllasiˈstiːna]) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna ('Great Chapel'), it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Since that time, it has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today, it is the site of the papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected. The chapel's fame lies mainly in the frescoes that decorate its interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment, both by Michelangelo.

During the reign of Sixtus IV, a team of Renaissance painters including Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Rosselli, created a series of frescos depicting the Life of Moses and the Life of Christ, offset by papal portraits above and trompe-