Inside hidden gem old church dubbed ‘Scotland’s Sistine Chapel’ with breathtaking floor-to-ceiling paintings
EDINBURGH boasts a hidden gem often likened to the Sistine Chapel, offering visitors a breathtaking view of floor-to-ceiling ...
BBC2y
Nine things you might not know about the Sistine Chapel
Vatican City, Rome Meanwhile ... “he was diverted to painting the ceiling.” Some in the artist community were circumspect, including Donato Bramante, the architect of St Peter’s, who ...
Artnet19d
Michelangelo’s Drawings for the Sistine Chapel Visit the U.S. for the First Time
It’s very different from collecting and hosting an exhibition on, say, Cézanne paintings ... ceiling, a showcase that came about because of the Muscarelle’s partnership with the Vatican ...
Dazzling ceiling art: 10 of the best examples, from The Louvre to the Charminar in Hyderabad, India
There is more to ceiling art than the friezes of The Vatican's Sistine Chapel, from a mosque in Malaysia to a temple in Seoul ...
History Extra9d
Michelangelo: the Renaissance polymath who transformed Western art
Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the most influential artists in world history. Matt Elton explores the creator ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Sketches Are Coming to America
A new exhibition opening next month at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia, explores the Italian Renaissance master’s preparations for his famous ceiling frescoes Sarah Kuta ...