Sistine Chapel ceiling
Vatican's painted vault
The Sistine Chapel ceiling is Michelangelo's monumental fresco painted between 1508 and 1512 on the ceiling of the Vatican's papal chapel.
The work depicts nine scenes from Genesis, including the iconic Creation of Adam—God's finger nearly touching Adam's—which has become one of the most reproduced images in art history.
References to the Sistine Chapel ceiling typically invoke artistic mastery or ambitious creative undertakings.
- paintColored coating substance
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- genesisPoint of creation
- art historyStudy of visual creativity's evolution
- restorationReturning something to condition
figure · scaffolding · hand · Vatican City · art restoration · Mona Lisa · iconography · vault · humanism · High Renaissance · divine judgment · Old Testament · biblical scenes · Renaissance · touch · chiaroscuro · patronage · Last Judgment
- ceiling paintingfresco, plafond, Michelangelo, Tiepolo
- wall paintingsLast Supper, Renaissance frescoes, church murals, political murals
- MichelangeloDavid, Last Judgment, Creation of Adam, Moses, St. Peter's Basilica
- frescoesgiornata, arriccio, lunette, Creation of Adam, Last Judgment
- Italian BaroqueBernini, Caravaggio, baroque architecture, chiaroscuro, St. Peters Basilica
Sistine Chapel ceilingpaint-by-numbers
Numbered section coloring system