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Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Sketches on View in the U.S.
The scenes portrayed in the Sistine Chapel are from the Bible's Book of Genesis, including iconic artworks such as The Creation of Adam and The Fall of Man. Shortly before he died in 1564, the Italian ...
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Nine things you might not know about the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine ... image of God creating Adam also features a woman, thought to be Eve The chapel ...
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Michelangelo Unveiled: Muscarelle Museum of Art presents Michelangelo’s sketches for Sistine Chapel frescoes
Thursday, March 6, the Muscarelle Museum of Art unveiled its new exhibition, “Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine,” to the public. The exhibition celebrates Michelangelo’s famous paintings on the ...
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Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Sketches Are Coming to America
One may be Michelangelo’s first sketch for the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling. Some of the drawings also detail Michelangelo’s plans for The Last Judgment, a fresco he created on the wall behind ...