Sistine Chapel: Quick Facts

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Perugino's Handing Over of the Keys from the Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo's Delphic Sibyl from the Sistine Chapel

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, featuring Michelangelo's Renaissance frescoes with numerous biblical figures and scenes framed by architectural details.

Fresco The Flood by Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel ceiling shows groups of figures fleeing rising waters, with Noah's Ark in the background and architectural details framing the scene.

Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam from the Sistine Chapel

Fresco The Last Judgment by Michelangelo covers the west wall of the Sistine Chapel, depicting Christ at the center surrounded by angels and human figures in dramatic poses.

Figure 8: A simply designed interior space made vivid and compelling by frescoes on the ceiling and walls: Sistine Chapel, Rome, by Michelangelo, 1508-12, 1533-41.

Michelangelo: Detail of a Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco

Michelangelo: The Creation of Adam

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