About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 92. Chapters: Fresco paintings, The Last Supper, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood, Florence Cathedral, Church frescos in Denmark, Castelseprio, The Loves of the Gods, Separation of Light from Darkness, Matris Domini Monastery, Gallery of Sistine Chapel ceiling, The Creation of Adam, Bonampak, Illusionistic ceiling painting, Scrovegni Chapel, Brancacci Chapel, Fanefjord Church, Fractio Panis, Grisaille, Spanga Church, The Last Judgment, Frescoes in the Cartuja de Aula Dei, Palazzo del Te, Villa Farnesina, Dura-Europos synagogue, Tomb of the Diver, Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power, Cappella Paolina, Elmelunde Church, The History of the True Cross, Magi Chapel, Steve Bogdanoff, Camera degli Sposi, Holy Communion Episcopal Parish, Pisa Charterhouse, Ferapontov Monastery, Niccoline Chapel, Vertumnus and Pomona, Elmelunde Master, Dura-Europos church, Madonna del Parto, Resurrection, Borgia Apartment, Detroit Industry Murals, Foujita Chapel, Adoration of the Name of God, The Four Seasons, Buon fresco, Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, Jorlunde Church, Fresco-secco, Apotheosis of Palermo, Frescoes of Ajanta, The Crucifixion of St. Peter, Giornata, The Camerino Farnese, Prophet Isaiah, White Angel, Keldby Church, Annunciation, Palazzo del Collegio Puteano, Prophet Daniel, Prophet Jeremiah, Prophet Jonah, The Conversion of Saul, Gambier Parry process. Excerpt: The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, at the commission of Pope Julius II, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The ceiling is that of the large Papal Chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV after whom it is named the Sistine Chapel. The chapel is the location for Papal Conclaves and many important services. The ceiling's various painted elemen...
