Julius II sez,“Hey Mike: make me a Ceiling!”
Where IS the Sistine Chapel?? Visit the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel and the Gallery of Tapestries. Enjoy the journey out of Rome and into the walls of the Vatican. Nothing in the world compares to being led into the Vatican Museums, taking the beautiful Spiral staircase and continuing through the Gallery of the Tapestries and the Gallery of the Geographical Maps before arriving in the famous Sistine Chapel with its magnificent frescoes by Michelangelo.
Vatican City is in the midst of the city of Rome
Vatican City is in Rome, Rome is in Italy
Exterior of Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel - interior
Sistine Ceiling Original ceiling was done by Piero Matteo d’ Amelia; golden stars on a blue sky Original commission called for the 12 Apostles as the subject Original technique: Buon fresco which molded because of the damp. Michelangelo assistant Jacopo L’Indaco invented “intonaco” a paint which resisted mold
Sistine Ceiling Assigned to Michelangelo by Julius II (il papa terrible) to make Julius look good and supercede accomplishments by his rival Alexander VI, a Borgia 131feet long by 43 feet wide; 5000 SQUARE FEET of frescoes Took 4 years – 7/1508 to 10/1512.
Sistine Ceiling Took 4 years because: –Damp plaster gets moldy –Julius II was off waging wars –Julius II was very ill
Sistine Ceiling Michelangelo invented specialized scaffolding that attached to the walls, was not pendant from the ceiling – no holes! Had to work around the pre-existing features of the building, including the windows, the source of light
Julius II
Section of Ceiling
Wall of Chapel
Ceiling is Divided into 9 compartments Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Planets Separation of Light from Darkness Separation of the Earth from the Waters Creation of Adam Creation of Eve The Fall and Expulsion from Garden of Eden The Deluge Drunkenness of Noah Sacrifice of Noah
Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Planets
Separation of Light from Darkness
Separation of the Earth from the Waters
Creation of Adam
Creation of Eve
The Fall and Expulsion
Drunkeness of Noah
The Deluge
The Sacrifice of Noah