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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Exterior of the Sistine Chapel

🖼 Exterior of the Sistine Chapel, 1475-83
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Vatican, Italy

Travertine walls rise austere and geometric, their plain brick exterior concealing one of Renaissance art's greatest treasures within. This modest papal chapel became immortal when Michelangelo painted its ceiling, forever transforming how Western art defines human potential and divine creation.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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