The most famous scene in the Sistine Chapel is The Creation of Adam. Part of Michelangelo's ceiling paintings, the fresco depicts God giving life to Adam.

The most famous scene in the Sistine Chapel is The Creation of Adam. Part of Michelangelo's ceiling paintings, the fresco depicts God giving life to Adam.

WSJ. Magazine; The Sistine Chapel: A Rare Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Its Masterpieces Are Maintained Many have seen the Sistine Chapel: It welcomes nearly seven million visitors per year.

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is pictured. Michelangelo painted the biblical scenes between 1508 and 1512. Corbis via Getty Images “He’s hidden himself in the ceiling,” the scholar asserted.

Art World Preserving the Sistine Chapel Is a Never-Ending Task. See Stunning Behind-the-Scenes Photos of What It Takes "Preventative conservation" is the key to keeping the ceiling looking fresh.

History. The Sistine Chapel stands on the foundation of an older chapel called the Capella Magna. In 1477, Pope Sixtus IV instigated a rebuilding of the chapel, which was then named for him.

Sistine Chapel exhibition brings heavenly Michelangelo masterpiece down to Earth It may just be the most intimate, up-close-and-personal, no-scaffolding-required way to experience the ceiling ...

The Golden Globe-nominated drama "The Two Popes," now on Netflix, features intimate scenes inside the Sistine Chapel. But no, Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce weren't really there.

“The Two Popes” stars Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce as Pope Benedict XVI and the soon-to-be Pope Francis, respectively. Directed by Fernando Meirelles, the Netflix movie imagines a… ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, ... who painted the ceiling depicting scenes from Genesis from 1508 and 1512 and later returned to paint the Last Judgement on one of the walls. ...

The most famous scene in the Sistine Chapel is The Creation of Adam. Part of Michelangelo's ceiling paintings, the fresco depicts God giving life to Adam.