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• eddessaknight

  

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  Nov 1, 2022, 8:22 pm

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  Time LIne: November 1, 1512

  He just completed  hand paintings on the ceiling of the Vatican's legendary Sistine Chapel were publicly unveiled to the artist  patron, Pope Julius 11.

  The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, in Vatican City and the official residence of the pope. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, the chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Since that time, the chapel has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity

  

  

   

  'Sistine Chapel Ceiling, God to uches Adam with His Finger' Art ..

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  The sibyls are prophetic women who were resident at shrines or temples throughout the Classical World. 

  he sibyls are prophetic women who were resident at shrines or temples throughout the Classical World. 

  This *Delphic Sibyl  (Oracle @ Delphi TEmple) is Unwinding a scroll with her left hand, the Delphic Sibyl seems to be turning toward the viewer. The effect of movement is accentuated by the swirls of the light blue mantle lined with yellow fabric with red shadows and the pattern of the folds of the light green tunic. The very refined colours are characterized by delicate tonal passages and enamel-like surfaces.