The Sistine Chapel is one of the masterpieces from Michelangelo and its magnificence is still amazing people all around the world. This famous artwork has been pained on the Alter walls of the Sistine Chapel. This artwork was finally commissioned by the Pope Clement VII. Sistine Chapel is basically the mural of the Last Judgement incited by Michelangelo.
The Sistine Chapel is not only the artwork of Michelangelo, but it is basically the collective art of some of the great Italian painters. It was a result of the initiative taken by the Pope Sixtus IV Dell Rovera, who decided to renovate the Capella Mana. Due to this, some of the greatest painters of the time laboured to drape the whole walls with different paintings. In August 1483, Michelangelo took the responsibility of creating the paintings in the Capella.
The best part of the Sistine Chapel is the art works on its ceiling. If someone closely follows the paining on the ceiling of the Chapel, then he will observe that it is actually composed of nine central stories. The paining starts from the entrance hall walls. People and critics are still amazed by the fact that how Michelangelo and his team of talented Italian painters painted on ten thousand foot ceiling of the Church.
After seeing the artwork of Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo, one of the famous writers of wrote that “Without seeing the Sistine Chapel, no one in this world can have any idea about what a man is capable of achieving.”
Sistine Chapel and arts in the chapel has still not lost its glory even after so many years. Every year, millions of people visit the Chapel and see some of the sensational paintings, which took such a long time to get completed.
So if someone is planning to visit Rome, then they should never miss to see Sistine Chapel.
