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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Exterior of the Sistine Chapel

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

Austere brick walls rise in geometric precision, their stark surface broken only by small windows and weathered stone. Built by Sixtus IV, this Renaissance chapel became immortal through Michelangelo's interior frescoes, fundamentally reshaping Western art's spiritual and anatomical language.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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