The Vatican Ceiling

Michelangelo completed the first half of the ceiling that is from the entrance wall to the creation of eve in august 1510.

The vatican ceiling. Cappella sistina which was painted by michelangelo among the other masters. It was painted at the commission of pope julius ii. The mosaic floor was literally taken up piece by piece from the ancient bathhouses from ostia antica which was the old port of rome.

The ceiling of the sistine chapel in vatican. The ceiling and the floor the ceiling in the round room is designed after the pantheon rome s most important temple dedicated to all the ancient roman gods although it is much smaller in scale. It is the only place in the vatican museum where photographing is prohibited.

The sistine chapel in the vatican palace complex in rome was commissioned by pope sixtus iv r. The ceiling of the sistine chapel the sistine chapel had great symbolic meaning for the papacy as the chief consecrated space in the vatican used for great ceremonies such as electing and inaugurating new popes. 1481 ce but the development of a massive crack in the ceiling in 1504 ce required a repair job that also offered an opportunity to add yet more artwork to an already impressive art packed interior.

You may have joined the five million eager pundits that visit the iconic room each year and you may even have sneaked a prohibited photo of its legendary paintings. Scheme of the ceiling. The ceiling is that of the sistine chapel the large papal chapel built within the vatican between 1477 and 1480 by pope sixtus iv for whom the chapel is named.

The sistine chapel is one of the most famous painted interior spaces in the world and virtually all of this fame comes from the breathtaking painting of its ceiling from about 1508 1512. The first provides a faster tour to the destination spot the sistine chapel latin. The chapel was built in 1479 under the direction of pope sixtus iv who gave it his name sistine derives from sixtus.

The work must have been completed by 31 october 1512 as the pope celebrated mass in the chapel on 1 november. It already contained distinguished wall paintings and michelangelo was asked to add works for the relatively unimportant ceiling. The building was only completed c.