Part of Michelangelo's work that adorns the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican ... Photographers used a 10-metre-high portable scaffold and special telescopic lens in order to capture ...

A church in West Sussex is home to a scale replica of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling A church near the West Sussex coast contains an homage to one of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo's most ...

If you think of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, you might conjure an image of Michelangelo’s famous ceiling. But what does that famous place, or any place, sound like? A new project timed to World ...

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ... the actual size of the chapel might be a surprise to the first-time visitor. “It's only 134 feet long, 44 feet wide and 68 feet high, quite a small space ...

As per the tradition, cardinals will gather under Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling to elect Francis’s successor. Steeped in centuries-old tradition, the Vatican's process of selecting a ...

The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state’s art community to describe it as “Maine’s Sistine Chapel.” Veronique Plesch ...

Below are some facts about the chapel ... 21 metres (69 feet) high, lit on either side by high windows. * Michelangelo was commissioned by Julius II to paint the ceiling frescoes, completed ...

the Sistine Chapel. Below are some facts about the chapel: * Named after Pope Sixtus IV and built from 1473-81, it is 40 metres (131 feet) long, 13 metres (43 feet) wide and 21 metres (69 feet) high, ...

Within the unassuming exterior of English Martyrs Catholic Church in Goring-by-Sea is a scale replica of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. The replica roof was created in proportion to the 16th ...