Sistine Chapel -- 360º virtual tour http://www.vatican.va/various...
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"Sistine Chapel is famous for its architecture and its decoration that was frescoed throughout by Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio and others. Under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted 1,100 m2 (12,000 sq ft) of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. The ceiling, and especially The Last Judgment (1535–1541), is widely believed to be Michelangelo's crowning achievement in painting." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Amira
WOW...this is great!
- Aryo
Amazing! Pity they won't let you photograph it yourself. Would be hard to get a shot without a random tourist in it anyway, I suppose!
- Son of Groucho
I had no idea the floor was so ornate, too. I wonder how long Michaelangelo spent on it? That's a lot of work for one painter!
- Spidra Webster
The floor was made of marble mosaics ... they are not painted.
- Sepi ⌘ سپی
Oh, I know. I'm just saying I didn't know the surrounding architectural bits were so ornate.
- Spidra Webster