Sistine Chapel

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The Sistine Chapel is a renowned papal chapel in Vatican City famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling frescoes and The Last Judgment.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious building
chapel
tourist attraction
architect Giovanni dei Dolci
architecturalStyle Renaissance architecture
builtBy Pope Sixtus IV
ceilingPaintedBy Michelangelo NERFINISHED
ceilingPaintingEndDate 1512
ceilingPaintingStartDate 1508
ceilingTheme scenes from the Book of Genesis
constructionEndDate 1481
constructionStartDate 1473
country Vatican City
dedicatedTo Mary, Mother of Jesus
floorPlanType rectangular hall
function papal chapel
place of major papal ceremonies
site of papal conclaves
governingBody Holy See
hasArtwork The Creation of Adam
The Creation of Eve
The Delphic Sibyl
The Flood
The Libyan Sibyl
The Prophet Isaiah
The Prophet Jeremiah
The Separation of Light from Darkness
The Temptation and Expulsion from the Garden
hasFeature barrel-vaulted ceiling
frescoed walls
marble screen separating clergy and laity
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Vatican City
lastJudgmentPaintedBy Michelangelo NERFINISHED
lastJudgmentPaintingEndDate 1541
lastJudgmentPaintingStartDate 1536
locatedIn Apostolic Palace
Vatican City
namedAfter Pope Sixtus IV
notableWork The Last Judgment by Michelangelo
ceiling frescoes by Michelangelo
partOf Vatican Museums complex
religion Roman Catholicism
significance masterpiece of High Renaissance art
usedFor Papal conclave to elect new popes
wallDecorationBy Cosimo Rosselli NERFINISHED
Domenico Ghirlandaio NERFINISHED
Luca Signorelli NERFINISHED
Pietro Perugino NERFINISHED
Sandro Botticelli NERFINISHED


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