1. Julius II sez,“Hey Mike: make me a Ceiling!”

2. 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.

3. Vatican City is in the midst of the city of Rome

4. Vatican City is in Rome, Rome is in Italy

5. Exterior of Sistine Chapel

6. Sistine Chapel - interior

7. 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

8. 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.

9. Sistine Ceiling Took 4 years because: –Damp plaster gets moldy –Julius II was off waging wars –Julius II was very ill

10. 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

11. Julius II

12. Section of Ceiling

13. Wall of Chapel

14. 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

15. Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Planets

16. Separation of Light from Darkness

17. Separation of the Earth from the Waters

18. Creation of Adam

20. Creation of Eve

21. The Fall and Expulsion

22. Drunkeness of Noah

23. The Deluge

24. The Sacrifice of Noah