David and Goliath - detail Drunkeness of Noah Woman sheltering baby Sacrifice of Noah Creation of Eve - detail The hands of God and man Separation of water and land - detail Face of God Detail Creation of Sun and Moon, Corner with David and Goliath Bay 1: Drunkenness of Noah Bay 2: The Deluge Bay 3: Noah Gives Thanks Bay 4: Explusion from the Garden of Eden Bay 6: Creation of Eve Bay 7: Creation of Adam Bay 8: Creation of Sun, Moon, Planets, and Grass Bay 9: Separation of Light from Darkness Bay 7: Separation of the Water from the Land
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Michelangelo's
Sistine Chapel
Ceiling Frescos

 

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Michelangelo di Ludovico di Leonardo di Buonarotti Simoni

born: Caprese, Italy; 6 March 1475
died: Rome, Italy; 18 February 1564

 

 

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Sistine Chapel Altar Fresco
1508-1512

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The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in Rome was designed to house the decorations of the period’s greatest artists. Titian, Perugio, Raphael all painted frescos here. Michelangelo first painted the ceiling frescos including the Creation of Adam and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden around 1510.

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