The original ceiling painting was by Pier Matteo d'Amelia, and had depicted stars over a blue background like the ceiling of the Arena Chapel decorated by Giotto at Padua. The ceiling as it may have looked before Michelangelo painted it The upper level of the walls contains the windows, between which are painted pairs of illusionistic niches with representations of the first 32 popes. It was carried out by some of the most renowned Renaissance painters: Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Luca Signorelli and Cosimo Rosselli. The middle level contains a complex scheme of frescoes illustrating the Life of Christ on the right side and the Life of Moses on the left side. The lowest of three levels is painted to resemble draped hangings and was (and sometimes still is) hung on special occasions with a set of tapestries designed by Raphael. The walls of the Sistine Chapel had been decorated 20 years before Michelangelo's work on the ceiling.
The complex design includes several sets of individual figures, both clothed and nude, which allowed Michelangelo to fully demonstrate his skill in creating a huge variety of poses for the human figure and which have provided an enormously influential pattern book of models for other artists ever since. Ĭentral to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, of which The Creation of Adam is the best known, having an iconic standing equalled only by Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the hands of God and Adam being reproduced in countless imitations. The ceiling's various painted elements form part of a larger scheme of decoration within the Chapel, which includes the large fresco The Last Judgement on the sanctuary wall, also by Michelangelo, wall paintings by several leading painters of the late 15th century including Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Pietro Perugino, and a set of large tapestries by Raphael, the whole illustrating much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church. The chapel is the location for papal conclaves and many other important services. It was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II.
The ceiling is that of the Sistine Chapel, the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 14 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named. The Sistine Chapel ceiling ( Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina), painted by Michelangelo between 15, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. The Creation of Adam is near the top of the photo. The interior of the Sistine Chapel showing the ceiling in relation to the other frescoes.
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