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[[Image:Sistene Chapel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Sistine Chapel]]
'''The Sistine Chapel''' (its name from [[Pope]] Sixtus IV), one of the most famous chapels in the world is in [[Vatican City]]. It is famous because of its architecture and decoration. Its frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, like Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli and [[Michelangelo]]. The Sistine Chapel was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin [[Mary]] (Our Lady of the Assumption).
'''The Sistine Chapel''' (its name from [[Pope]] Sixtus IV), one of the most famous chapels in the world is in [[Vatican City]]. It is famous because of its architecture and decoration. Its frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, like Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli and [[Michelangelo]]. The Sistine Chapel was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin [[Mary]] (Our Lady of the Assumption).
Julius II (pontiff from 1503 to 1513), decided to partly alter the decoration, entrusting the work in 1508 to Michelangelo Buonarroti for a new pictorial decoration. Michelangelo painted the Ceiling from 1508 to 1512 and placed nine Central stories, illustrating episodes of the Genesis from ''the Creation'' to the Fall of man, within a powerful painted architecture. The work was finished in October 1512.
Julius II (pontiff from 1503 to 1513), decided to partly alter the decoration, entrusting the work in 1508 to Michelangelo Buonarroti for a new pictorial decoration. Michelangelo painted the Ceiling from 1508 to 1512 and placed nine Central stories, illustrating episodes of the Genesis from ''the Creation'' to the Fall of man, within a powerful painted architecture. The work was finished in October 1512.
[[Image:Christ Giving the Key to St. Peter.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Christ Giving the Key to St. Peter]]
In 1533, Clement VII (pontiff from 1523 to 1534) gave Michelangelo the task of further altering the decoration of the Sistine Chapel by painting the ''Last Judgement'' on the altar wall. The Last Judgement, painted between 1535 and 1541, is centred around the dominant figure of Christ, captured in the moment preceding that when the verdict of the Last Judgement is uttered ([[Matthew]] 25:31-46). His calm imperious gesture seems to both command attention and placate the surrounding agitation.
In 1533, Clement VII (pontiff from 1523 to 1534) gave Michelangelo the task of further altering the decoration of the Sistine Chapel by painting the ''Last Judgement'' on the altar wall. The Last Judgement, painted between 1535 and 1541, is centred around the dominant figure of Christ, captured in the moment preceding that when the verdict of the Last Judgement is uttered ([[Matthew]] 25:31-46). His calm imperious gesture seems to both command attention and placate the surrounding agitation.
[[Image:Creation of Adam.jpg|thumb|250px|Creation of Adam]]
== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_Storia.html The Sistine Chapel] Vatican web site.
*[http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_Storia.html The Sistine Chapel at the Vatican web site].