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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/320/327-22.jpg
Title	Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, interior view, ceiling fresco.
Creator	Buonarroti, Michelangelo (Italian sculptor, painter, architect, 1475-1564)
Date	1508-1512
Cultural Context	Roman Italian European Western European
Style/Period	Renaissance High Renaissance
Theme	Architecture (object genre) Chapels (rooms or structures) Religious buildings Buildings Interior views Views from below Architectural elements Frescoes (paintings) Paintings (visual works) Mural paintings (visual works) Ceilings Vaults (structural elements) Barrel vaults Interior walls Walls Windows Panels (ornament areas) Pendentives Lunettes Narrative (artistic device) Narratives (document genres) Narrative cycles Storytelling Religious art Christianity Bible Bible stories Scenes (depictions) Figures (representations) Men (male humans) Women Saints Prophets Ancestors Religious (people) Youth Boys Ignudi Putti Children (people by age group) Nudes (representations) Nudity
Subject	Architecture Chapels Religious facilities Buildings Interiors Architectural elements Architectural decorations & ornaments Murals Paintings Ceilings Barrel ceilings Vaults (Architecture) Walls Windows Lunettes Storytelling Christianity Biblical events Men Women Saints Prophets People associated with religion Youth Boys Children Nudes Putti Supernatural beings
People Pictured	Adam (Biblical figure) Eve (Biblical figure) God Jeremiah (Biblical prophet) Zechariah (Biblical prophet) Zachariah (Biblical prophet) Daniel (Biblical figure) Ezekiel (Biblical prophet) Joel (Biblical prophet) Isaiah (Biblical prophet)
Location Depicted	Vatican City Rome (Italy) Italy
Material	Paint
Measurements	128' x 45'
Technique	Fresco painting (technique) Painting (image-making) Mural painting (activity) Grisaille
Work Type	Architecture Chapels Religious facilities Buildings Paintings Frescoes (paintings) Mural paintings (visual works) Murals Ceilings
Repository	Vatican, Sistine Chapel [Cappella Sistina] (Vatican City, Rome, Italy)
Source	Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 11th ed. Forth Worth: Harcourt, 2001. (fig.22-13, p.[649])
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Vatican Museums.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 327-22.jpg
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