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Sistine Chapel

(ˈsɪstaɪn; -tiːn)

(Named Buildings) the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others

[Sistine, from Italian Sistino relating to Sisto Sixtus (Pope Sixtus IV)]

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the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.

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Sistine Chapel - the private chapel of the popes in Rome; it was built by and named after Sixtus IV in 1473

capital of Italy, Eternal City, Italian capital, Rome, Roma - capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

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Out of the high heaven is she summoned, from mystic communion with her own perfection, from majestic labours in the Sistine Chapel of the Stars,--yea, she must put aside her gold-leaf and purples and leave unfinished the very panels of the throne of God,--that Circe shall have her palace, and her worshippers their gilded sty.

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Tenez , I had just the same feeling as when I went to the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

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She saw him once again at Rome, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, carrying a burden of acorns.

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He has marched us through miles of pictures and sculpture in the vast corridors of the Vatican; and through miles of pictures and sculpture in twenty other palaces; he has shown us the great picture in the Sistine Chapel, and frescoes enough to frescoe the heavens--pretty much all done by Michael Angelo.

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6 THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (1965) IRVING STONE'S novel about how Michelangelo came to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome saw Charlton Heston as Michelangelo with Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II.

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6the 7lust agony and the ecstasy (1965) IRVING STONE'S novel about how Michelangelo came to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome saw Charlton Heston as Michelangelo with Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II.

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Today, he is known for some of his most famous works in Italy, including the Pieta and Statue of David in Florence and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City, Rome.

Past in Perspective

Interpretation of the artwork in the Sistine Chapel must recognize the context of contemporary artwork, contends Pfisterer--or example, Michelangelo's celebrated ceiling in light of Piermatteo d'Amelia's original ceiling paintings and the 15th-century paintings along the chapel walls.

The Sistine Chapel: Paradise in Rome

Now, on the ceiling of one club in Buenos Aires, in a painting modeled after Michelangelo's work in the Sistine Chapel, Maradona is God, extending his hand to Adam -- Lionel Messi.

At Argentina football club, Maradona is God, Messi is Adam

VATICAN CITY--The Sistine Chapel this past winter broke a 500-year gender taboo in order to welcome a female mezzo-soprano into the Sistine Chapel Choir, the Guardian reported.

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The Italian painter and sculptor is said to be the greatest artist of all time and remains worldrenowned for his frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Venice as well as his nude statue of David.

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The Italian painter and sculptor is said to be the greatest artist of all time and remains world-renowned for his frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Venice as well as his nude statue of David.