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    The conservation-restoration of the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel was one of the most significant conservation-restorations of the 20th century. The...
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    The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. Central to the...
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    the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is a depiction of the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity. The dead...
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    selected. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescoes that decorate the interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last...
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    The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of...
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    which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which...
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    their subjects, the frescoes were generally neglected and overlooked in favor of Michelangelo's nearby masterpieces in the Sistine Chapel. An Italian scholar...
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  • Thumbnail for Conservation and restoration of frescos
    The conservation and restoration of frescoes is the process of caring for and maintaining frescos, and includes documentation, examination, research,...
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  • Thumbnail for Descent from Mount Sinai (Sistine Chapel)
    1481–1482 and located in the Sistine Chapel, Rome. It depicts the prophet Moses in the process of receiving and introducing the Ten Commandments. On 27...
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    famous cycle of frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli, painted around 1459. The Sagrestia Nuova or New Sacristy, also known simply as the Medici Chapel, was intended...
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