34+ Michelangelo The Sistine Chapel Images. You can also buy michelangelo prints from our large gallery. 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.

He was daunted by the difficulty of the task and made it clear from the start that he resented the commission, which had been imposed upon him by the imperious and demanding 'warrior pope', julius ii. The prophet joel' was created in 1512 by michelangelo in high renaissance style. In 1503, a new pope, julius ii, decided to change some of the.

The conclave, baptisms and other official pope ceremonies take place inside the chapel.

Between the years 1508 and 1512 he painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel in rome. More than 20 years later, in 1536, pope paul iii commanded that he paint a fresco of the last judgment on the wall behind the altar. The sistine chapel is the most famous chapel inside the vatican, decorated by michelangelo 's incredible works of art, it is admired every year by millions of tourists from all over the world. After the completion of the sistine chapel ceiling, michelangelo sealed his fate as one of the most famous renaissance artists.