The Sistine Chapel ceiling painting was painted from 1508-1512. Michelangelo was paid by Pope Julius ii to paint the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. It is located in the Sistine Chapel which is in Vatican City. The ceiling is 40.23 meters in length and 13.3 meters in width.
The ceiling's art has several other famous works of art by Michelangelo di Ludovico Buonarroti Simoni, also know as Michelangelo, like The creation of Adam and the Last Judgement.
The Creation of Adam is one of the Famous paintings inside of The Sistine Chapel's ceiling painting. The Creation of Adam was painted in 1511. This painting is showing God creating Adam. The main point of this painting is that of the connection of God and Adam's hands which represents God giving Adam life.
A second famous painting that is included in the Sistine Chapel's ceiling is the Last Judgment. After Michelangelo completed the Sistine Chapel's ceiling he came back to add more. When he came back he was sixty years old and then painted the Last Judgement. The Last Judgment was painted in 1535. The center part of the painting is Jesus and his mother, Mary, and Jesus is turning away.
There are several other famous paintings in the Sistine Chapel's ceiling but those are just a few.
The ceiling's art has several other famous works of art by Michelangelo di Ludovico Buonarroti Simoni, also know as Michelangelo, like The creation of Adam and the Last Judgement.
The Creation of Adam is one of the Famous paintings inside of The Sistine Chapel's ceiling painting. The Creation of Adam was painted in 1511. This painting is showing God creating Adam. The main point of this painting is that of the connection of God and Adam's hands which represents God giving Adam life.
A second famous painting that is included in the Sistine Chapel's ceiling is the Last Judgment. After Michelangelo completed the Sistine Chapel's ceiling he came back to add more. When he came back he was sixty years old and then painted the Last Judgement. The Last Judgment was painted in 1535. The center part of the painting is Jesus and his mother, Mary, and Jesus is turning away.
There are several other famous paintings in the Sistine Chapel's ceiling but those are just a few.