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The Sistine Wall
What does a painter want? He wants an empty wall, big as a church, that everyone will see, and freedom to fill it any way he chooses. The Sistine Chapel had two big windows in the wall above the altar … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, great artists, Michelangelo, Renaissance
Tagged Dante, demons, fresco, hell, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, The Last Day, The Last Judgment, Vatican
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