Sistine Chapel

covering the Sistine Chapel are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis including: the Separation of Light and Dark, Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Earth, Separation of Land and Water, Creation of Adam, as well as the Creation of Eve, Temptation and Expulsion from the Garden

Michelangelo Buonarotti Simone Michelangelo was born in Caprese, region of Florence – Italy on March 6, 1475, was born to a family that had for several generations belonged to minor nobility in Florence but had, by the time the artist was born, lost its patrimony and status. His father was an official with a well-off position in the city and his mother died when he was 6 years old. Son of the Florentine arts, this magnificent sculptor, painter and architect, of the Italian Renaissance manifested

D. The Vatican City was developed into a pilgrimage site and commercial district although it was left after the move of the papal court to France in 1309. When the church returned in 1377 and now famous landmarks like the Apostolic palace, the Sistine Chapel and the new St. Peter’s Basilica were established within the city limits. The Vatican City was established in this current form as a sovereign nation with the Lateran Pacts of 1929 signed. The St. Peter Basilica Palace has been home to 55 different

sculpt but was changed when he asked him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine

Michelangelo is a renowned sculptor, painter and architect known for his artwork in the Italian renaissance. He is celebrated mostly for his sculptures including Pieta, and David; and for his Sistine Chapel Frescoes, Genesis, and The Last Judgment. (Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564).) However these are only a few of his many artworks, most of which have been destroyed, but still left a great impact on the Renaissance, and Western civilization. (La Renaissance Italy) Michelangelo Buonarroti

Century after century our world goes through different stages; we grow, we learn, and overall we push the boundaries. Life is more than waking up every day and living by the expectations a society gives you. There is proof in our history and our art that no matter what decade, people will try and break those social norms. This shows tremendously in the making and remaking of the St. Peters church. The original basilica was built by the emperor Constantine in 326 A.D, in the Vatican City. Constantine

originals were a complete lost and had to be repainted. The second piece of the group is The Flood, and the final is The Drunkenness of Noah. He protectively guarded the 65-foot chapel while working he did not want anything revealed until it was completed. It was completed October 31, 1512. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel came to be Michelangelo's second greatest work, only being surpassed by the marble statue

Pantheon means all of the Gods. The first Pantheon was built in 27 B.C., but it burned to the ground in 80 A.D. Titus then became Rome 's Emperor and rebuilt Agrippa 's work, but it, too burned down in about 110 AD. Consequently, it was then rebuilt in 126 A.D. The purpose of the Pantheon is unknown, but from what we know today it suggests that it was used as a temple. Whether people worshiped there or the emperor made appearances there is unknown. On the facade of the Pantheon, there

renaissance man, Michelangelo is renowned as a painter, sculptor and architect as well as for his work on the Sistine Chapel in Rome and his famous sculpture of the Biblical character, David among others. He was immersed in art from an early age and his talent was widely recognized. In fact, he was considered the greatest artist alive during his lifetime. The complexity of the Sistine Chapel and the extreme conditions under which he executed that

painter,Signorelli was born in Cortona, Tuscany around 1445. He then moved to Rome to apprentice for Piero de Franceschi. Signorelli painted mostly sacred Christian paintings and art for chapels and cathedrals.Michelangelo is even rumored to have used some of Signorelli's influence when he was painting the Sistine Chapel. Signorelli then died in 1523, back in his home of Cortona. The painting was then sold in London to Thomas Blayds in 1849. Blayds then sold the painting to Edward Habich, who had built