Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
Italian Mural painting and decoration
Michelangelo buonarroti, 1475-1564
Art, italian
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Mural painting and decoration
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"In 1508, despite strong advice to the contrary, the powerful Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint the ceiling of the newly restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. Four years earlier, at the age of twenty-nine, Michelangelo had unveiled his masterful statue of David in Florence; how…
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