Sistine Chapel - Revision history

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 [[File:Sistine Chapel.jpg|right|thumb|220px|The Sistine Chapel]]
-'''The Sistine Chapel''' (named after [[Pope]] Sixtus IV), one of the most famous chapels in the world, is in [[Vatican City]]. It is famous because of its architecture and decoration. It's frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, like [[Pietro Perugino]], Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli and [[Michelangelo]]. The Sistine Chapel was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin [[Mary]] (Our Lady of the Assumption).
+'''The Sistine Chapel''' (''Cappella Sistina'') is a building within the grounds of [[Vatican City]], in continual service today for Roman Catholic religious masses as well as the conclave for the selection of the pope, and known throughout the world as the site of some of the greatest [[fresco]] paintings by [[Renaissance]] artists [[Pietro Perugino]], Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli, and especially [[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]].
-The Sistine Chapel is also a site of papal religious and functionary activity, notably for the conclave, where a new Pope is selected.
+== History ==
-== History ==
+Just prior to completion Sixtus had called to Rome the Florentine painters Botticelli, Ghirlandaio and Rosselli, and from Perugia, Perugino.  Their commission was to place frescoes on the walls; in addition, the artist Piero Matteo d'Amelia was tasked to paint the ceiling; his work consisted of a blue sky decorated with stars.  This project lasted 11 months, finishing by May, 1482.
-Julius II (pontiff from 1503 to 1513), decided to partly alter the decoration, entrusting the work in 1508 to Michelangelo Buonarroti for a new pictorial decoration. Michelangelo painted the Ceiling  from 1508 to 1512 and placed nine central stories illustrating episodes of [[Genesis]], from ''the Creation'' to ''the Fall of man'', within a powerful painted architecture. The work was finished in October 1512.
+Julius II (papacy, 1503-1513), decided to partly alter the decoration, entrusting portions of the ceiling in 1508 to the Florentine Michelangelo for a new pictorial decoration - over some protest by Michelangelo, who insisted he was a sculptor, and not a painter.  When completed in 1512, nine central stories illustrating episodes of [[Genesis]] - from ''The Creation'' to ''The Drunkenness of Noah'' - formed a centerpiece within a powerful painted architecture. The work was finished in October 1512.
 In 1533, Clement VII (pontiff from 1523 to 1534) gave Michelangelo the task of further altering the decoration of the Sistine Chapel by painting the ''Last Judgement'' on the altar wall. The Last Judgement, painted between 1535 and 1541, is centered around the dominant figure of Christ, captured in the moment preceding that when the verdict of the Last Judgement is uttered ([[Matthew]] 25:31-46). His calm imperious gesture seems to both command attention and placate the surrounding agitation.

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 Pope Sixtus IV (from 1471 to 1484) had the old Cappella Magna restored between 1477 and 1480. At that time the decoration of the walls (frescoes) included the false drapes, the Stories of Moses (south and entrance walls) and of [[Christ]] (north and entrance walls) and the portraits of the Popes (north and south and entrance walls).
-Julius II (pontiff from 1503 to 1513), decided to partly alter the decoration, entrusting the work in 1508 to Michelangelo Buonarroti for a new pictorial decoration. Michelangelo painted the Ceiling  from 1508 to 1512 and placed nine Central stories illustrating episodes of [[Genesis]], from ''the Creation'' to ''the Fall of man'', within a powerful painted architecture. The work was finished in October 1512.
+Julius II (pontiff from 1503 to 1513), decided to partly alter the decoration, entrusting the work in 1508 to Michelangelo Buonarroti for a new pictorial decoration. Michelangelo painted the Ceiling  from 1508 to 1512 and placed nine central stories illustrating episodes of [[Genesis]], from ''the Creation'' to ''the Fall of man'', within a powerful painted architecture. The work was finished in October 1512.
 In 1533, Clement VII (pontiff from 1523 to 1534) gave Michelangelo the task of further altering the decoration of the Sistine Chapel by painting the ''Last Judgement'' on the altar wall. The Last Judgement, painted between 1535 and 1541, is centered around the dominant figure of Christ, captured in the moment preceding that when the verdict of the Last Judgement is uttered ([[Matthew]] 25:31-46). His calm imperious gesture seems to both command attention and placate the surrounding agitation.
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 Pope Sixtus IV (from 1471 to 1484) had the old Cappella Magna restored between 1477 and 1480. At that time the decoration of the walls (frescoes) included the false drapes, the Stories of Moses (south and entrance walls) and of [[Christ]] (north and entrance walls) and the portraits of the Popes (north and south and entrance walls).
-Julius II (pontiff from 1503 to 1513), decided to partly alter the decoration, entrusting the work in 1508 to Michelangelo Buonarroti for a new pictorial decoration. Michelangelo painted the Ceiling  from 1508 to 1512 and placed nine Central stories illustrating episodes of [[Genesis]], from ''the Creation'' to the Fall of man, within a powerful painted architecture. The work was finished in October 1512.
+Julius II (pontiff from 1503 to 1513), decided to partly alter the decoration, entrusting the work in 1508 to Michelangelo Buonarroti for a new pictorial decoration. Michelangelo painted the Ceiling  from 1508 to 1512 and placed nine Central stories illustrating episodes of [[Genesis]], from ''the Creation'' to ''the Fall of man'', within a powerful painted architecture. The work was finished in October 1512.
 In 1533, Clement VII (pontiff from 1523 to 1534) gave Michelangelo the task of further altering the decoration of the Sistine Chapel by painting the ''Last Judgement'' on the altar wall. The Last Judgement, painted between 1535 and 1541, is centered around the dominant figure of Christ, captured in the moment preceding that when the verdict of the Last Judgement is uttered ([[Matthew]] 25:31-46). His calm imperious gesture seems to both command attention and placate the surrounding agitation.

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	'''The Sistine Chapel''' (named after [[Pope]] Sixtus IV), one of the most famous chapels in the world, is in [[Vatican City]]. It is famous because of its architecture and decoration. It's frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, like [[Pietro Perugino]], Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli and [[Michelangelo]]. The Sistine Chapel was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin [[Mary]] (Our Lady of the Assumption).		'''The Sistine Chapel''' (named after [[Pope]] Sixtus IV), one of the most famous chapels in the world, is in [[Vatican City]]. It is famous because of its architecture and decoration. It's frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, like [[Pietro Perugino]], Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli and [[Michelangelo]]. The Sistine Chapel was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin [[Mary]] (Our Lady of the Assumption).

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−	[[File:Sistine Chapel.jpg\|right\|thumb\|~~300px~~\|The Sistine Chapel]]	+	[[File:Sistine Chapel.jpg\|right\|thumb\|250px\|The Sistine Chapel]]
	'''The Sistine Chapel''' (named after [[Pope]] Sixtus IV), one of the most famous chapels in the world, is in [[Vatican City]]. It is famous because of its architecture and decoration. It's frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, like [[Pietro Perugino]], Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli and [[Michelangelo]]. The Sistine Chapel was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin [[Mary]] (Our Lady of the Assumption).		'''The Sistine Chapel''' (named after [[Pope]] Sixtus IV), one of the most famous chapels in the world, is in [[Vatican City]]. It is famous because of its architecture and decoration. It's frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, like [[Pietro Perugino]], Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli and [[Michelangelo]]. The Sistine Chapel was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin [[Mary]] (Our Lady of the Assumption).

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 In 1533, Clement VII (pontiff from 1523 to 1534) gave Michelangelo the task of further altering the decoration of the Sistine Chapel by painting the ''Last Judgement'' on the altar wall. The Last Judgement, painted between 1535 and 1541, is centered around the dominant figure of Christ, captured in the moment preceding that when the verdict of the Last Judgement is uttered ([[Matthew]] 25:31-46). His calm imperious gesture seems to both command attention and placate the surrounding agitation.
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-<gallery perrow="5">
+<gallery perrow="6">
 Image:Sistene Chapel.jpg|Interior of the Sistine Chapel
 Image:Last Judgment.jpg|''The Last Judgement'', fresco by Michaelangelo
-Image:Creation of Adam.jpg|''The Creation of Adam''; detail from the ceiling fresco
+File:Creation of the sun.JPG|''Creation of the Sun''
-Image:Christ Giving the Key to St. Peter.jpg|''Christ Giving the Key to [[Peter|St. Peter]]''
+Image:Creation of Adam.jpg|''The Creation of Adam''
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