Holy See - Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

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The Sistine Chapel is best known for two of the most awe-inspiring acts of individual creativity in the history of the visual arts: Michelangelo's frescoes on the barrel-vaulted ceiling, and his Giudizio Universale (Last Judgement) on the end wall. These main images are framed by the Ignudi, athletic male nudes; next to them, on the lower curved part of the vault, are large figures of Hebrew prophets and androgynous pagan sibyls. In the lunettes over the windows are the ancestors of Christ. The walls of the chapel were painted by important Renaissance artists including Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Pinturicchio and Luca Signorelli.

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