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[[Image:Sistene Chapel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Sistine Chapel]]

[[File:Sistine Chapel.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Sistine Chapel]]

'''The Sistine Chapel''' (named after [[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. It's 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''' (named after [[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. It's 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).   

== History ==

== History ==

Pope Sixtus IV (from 1471 to 1484) had the old Cappella Magna restored between 1477 and 1480. At that time the decoration of the walls (frescoes) included the false drapes, the Stories of Moses (south and entrance walls) and of [[Christ]] (north and entrance walls) and the portraits of the Popes (north and south and entrance walls).  

Pope Sixtus IV (from 1471 to 1484) had the old Cappella Magna restored between 1477 and 1480. At that time the decoration of the walls (frescoes) included the false drapes, the Stories of Moses (south and entrance walls) and of [[Christ]] (north and entrance walls) and the portraits of the Popes (north and south and entrance walls).  

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 [[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 [[Genesis]], from ''the Creation'' to the Fall of man, within a powerful painted architecture. The work was finished in October 1512.  

 

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 centered 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 centered 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:Christ Giving the Key to St. Peter.jpg|Christ Giving the Key to St. Peter]] Christ Giving the Key to [[Peter|St. Peter]]

Image:Sistene Chapel.jpg|Interior of the Sistine Chapel

Image:Last Judgment.jpg|''The Last Judgement'', fresco by Michaelangelo

Image:Creation of Adam.jpg|''The Creation of Adam''; detail from the ceiling fresco

Image:Christ Giving the Key to St. Peter.jpg|''Christ Giving the Key to [[Peter|St. Peter]]''

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14029b.htm Sistine Choir] Catholic Encyclopedia.

*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14029b.htm Sistine Choir] Catholic Encyclopedia.

*[http://www.wga.hu/tours/sistina/index.html Visit to the Sistine Chapel]

*[http://www.wga.hu/tours/sistina/index.html Visit to the Sistine Chapel]

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