30+ Michelangelo The Sistine Chapel Ceiling Gif. The ceiling of the sistine chapel is one of michelangelo's most famous works. The sistine chapel had great symbolic meaning for the papacy as the chief consecrated space in the vatican, used for great ceremonies such as electing and inaugurating new popes.

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Michelangelo tried to refuse the commission, but he eventually gave in to pressure from the pope. Next, michelangelo applied plaster to the ceiling, which is also called a fresco. This gallery is currently limited to the frescos and does not cover previous paintings on the ceiling before, or the architecture of the ceiling.

Explore the sistine chapel and learn some secrets of michelangelo's timeless frescoes of god's creation of adam, noah's story and the the lofty sistine chapel was built between 1477 and 1480 by pope sixtus iv while the painting of the ceiling was commissioned by pope julius ii decades later.

Michelangelo, the great flood, ceiling of the sistine chapel (1508). The artist paints on to the plaster with water soluble pigments and goes from start to finished details on each area. The sistine chapel ceiling paintings by michelangelo were commissioned by pope julius ii in 1508. 1) the ceiling is really high up, and 2).