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The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis of which The Creation of Adam is the best known, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations.
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The traveling exhibit "Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel" will open March 11 and run for six weeks at the gallery in West Palm Beach
Michelangelo probably began working on the plans and sketches for the design from April 1508. [39] The preparatory work on the ceiling was complete in late July the same year and on 4 February 1510, Francesco Albertini recorded that Michelangelo had "decorated the upper, arched part with very beautiful pictures and gold". [39]
Michelangelo [2] Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle: Sculpture (Ivory) Apollo Sauroctonos (Apollo Lizard-killer) Sculpture (Roman) Marcellus as Hermes Logios: Sculpture (Roman) Ship of Fools: Painting Hieronymus Bosch: Portrait of a Princess: Painting Pisanello: Madonna della Vittoria: Painting Andrea Mantegna: Triumph of the Virtues ...