The Sistine Chapel was built in 1473 under Pope Sixtus. It is most famous for it's beautiful decorations and artwork. There are different colored marble floor mosaics, which are well known, but the paintings on the walls and ceilings are the chapel's most famous feature. Frescoes by many artists cover the walls depicting scenes from ... ...

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... soon was commissioned to decorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (Biography). "As when, O lady mine! /With chiselled touch /The stone unhewn and cold /Becomes a living mould. /the more the marble wastes, /the more the statue grows" (Bartlett). By looking at this quote pulled from a sonnet written by Michelangelo Buonarroti, it is plain to see that he was a sculptor, but only ... ...

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