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	Romeguide: Sistine Chapel in Rome
		The chapel was inagureted on August 15, 1483 and it was dedicated to Saint Mary.
		The dimension of the chapel are the same of those of Jurusalem Temple.
		The Sistine Chapel, the Chapel of the Chapels, was built as a private chapel for the popes and also for the most solemns ceremonies of the Holy See, it is also the site of the Conclaves.
	www.romeguide.it /VATICANO/chapel.htm (879 words)

	Sistine Chapel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sistine Chapel (Italian: Cappella Sistina) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Roman Catholic Pope in the Vatican City.
		The Sistine Chapel is rectangular and measures 40.93 meters (134.28 feet) long by 13.41 meters (44 feet) wide (the dimensions of the Temple of Solomon, as given in the Old Testament).
		The first mass in the Sistine Chapel was celebrated on August 9, 1483, as a ceremony by which it was consecrated and dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sistine_Chapel (3515 words)

	Sistine chapel tour: the sistine chapel frescoed by Michelangelo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 1505 Michelangelo Buonarroti was commissioned by pope Julius II to repaint the ceiling of the sistine Chapel in the vatican.
		People are awestruck in the Sistine Chapel because, through the frescoes and what they arouse deep within us, this has become another borderland between the human and the divine.
		By the end of 1504, the sistine chapel had been stabilized and Michelangelo was able to start his greatest enterprise.
	www.romanguide.com /vaticancity/sistine-chapel.html (487 words)

	Sistine Chapel tickets - Sistine Chapel Rome - ROME TOUR
		The construction on the famous Sistine Chapel began in 1473.
		The Sistine Chapel is also the official papal chapel and it is used by the Sacred College of Cardinals to elect a new pope.
		The Sistine Chapel is famous for its frescoes, which were painted by many of the great Florentine artists of the Renaissance.
	www.rome-tour.com /rome-tour/sistine-chapel-tickets.php (257 words)

	Sistine Chapel Fresco
		The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) who decided to have a large room built where formerly a Mediaeval fortified hall stood which was used for assemblies by the Papal Court.
		After some initial reluctance, Michelangelo undertook the task of decorating the chapel, and the theme was the history of mankind before the coming of Christ.
		All the figures are set in a monumental architectural background in a manner that emphasized the harmony of the compositions.
	www.italianfrescoes.com /sistinechapel.asp (233 words)

	Sistine Chapel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		) [for Sixtus IV], private chapel of the popes in Rome, one of the principal glories of the Vatican.
		By far the best-known achievements in the chapel are the work of Michelangelo.
		Another treasure of the chapel is its collection of illuminated music manuscripts in the archives of the choir.
	www.bartleby.com /65/si/SistineC.html (326 words)

	Sistine Chapel
		In October of 1512, the Sistine Chapel ceiling was unveiled to the public.
		This is the paradox at work within the Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo's frescoes, especially after their cleansing, are creations to be shared with the world, yet the thousands gazing upward are the greatest threat to the Renaissance works.
		If sensors in the chapel indicate the humidity is rising during a tourist-filled Roman summer day, the electronic control for the air handling unit determines that moisture must be removed from the air by cooling it, since cooler air carries less moisture.
	www.corp.carrier.com /www/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a37d6779d5dd7010VgnVCM100000cb890b80RCRD (2541 words)

	Sistine Chapel - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		The phrase "Sistine Chapel" is a composite of two word roots; the Latin 'sinister' and the German 'chap'.
		The Sistine Chapel is next door to the Fiftine Chapel, all the Chapels are in a row and conveniently numbered though horribly misspelled.
		But seriously the Sistine Chapel is in Rome, and is home to a gnome...but seriously again, it IS in Rome, and is home to the horrible St.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Sistine_Chapel (320 words)

	Vatican Guide: The Sistine Chapel
		However, the completion of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican did not occur until at least a couple of hundred years later, culminating with the world- famous frescoes which are believed to be the pinnacle of renaissance art in Italy.
		The dimensions of the Sistine Chapel are the same as those of the temple of Solomon as given in the Old Testament.
		The centre piece of this artwork at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is a series of nine different paintings each depicting a different scene from the Old Testament beginning with the separation of night from day and the creation of Adam, up until the great flood at the time of Noah.
	www.kwintessential.co.uk /articles/article/Italy/Vatican-Guide:-The-Sistine-Chapel/320 (488 words)

	Sistine Chapel - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		SISTINE CHAPEL [Sistine Chapel] [for Sixtus IV ], private chapel of the popes in Rome, one of the principal glories of the Vatican.
		By far the best-known achievements in the chapel are the work of Michelangelo.
		Another treasure of the chapel is its collection of illuminated music manuscripts in the archives of the choir.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/SistineC1.asp (436 words)

	The Sistine Chapel
		The Conclave for the election of the Supreme Pontiff is held in the Chapel.
		It is again the words of the Homily pronounced by His Holiness John Paul II that underline the primary importance of the Sistine Chapel in the life of the Church: "The Sistine Chapel is the place that, for each Pope, holds the memory of a special day in his life.
		Thus therefore the Sistine Chapel became once again before the whole Catholic Community the place of the action of the Holy Spirit that nominates the Bishops in the Church, and nominates especially he who must be the Bishop of Rome and the Successor of Peter".
	mv.vatican.va /3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_Storia.html (847 words)

	The Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
		Sistine Chapel was built between 1475 and 1483 and named after the Pope who had it built, Sixtus IV.
		Chapel is most famous for its ceiling, painted by Michelangelo; but the Chapel also has paintings on the walls by such famous artists as Botticelli.
		obstacle Michelangelo overcame in painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling was mold.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/worldhistory/sistinechapelceiling.htm (613 words)

	Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
		Together with his Florentine colleagues Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Rosselli and the Perugian Pietro del Perugino, Botticelli was to decorate the walls of the papal electoral chapel - called the "Sistine Chapel" after its builder, Sixtus IV - with frescoes.
		However, it was so evident at such an early stage that the frescoes would be satisfactory that by October 1481, the artists were given the commission to execute the remaining ten stories.
		The pictorial programme for the chapel was comprised a cycle each from the Old and New Testament of scenes from the lives of Moses and Christ.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /html/b/botticel/sistina/index.html (598 words)

	Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel
		One of the things that caught my attention when reading about the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel was that while working on the composition Michelangelo's style changed with time.
		Michelangelo's first project when he arrived at Rome was the construction of a tomb for Pope Julius II; though the project was paused for a larger project in the Sistine Chapel.
		In 1508 Michelangelo set aside Julius' tomb and was commissioned to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
	www.ac.wwu.edu /~tronvim/Sistine_Chapel (565 words)

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		At the time of Leo's succession as Pope, the upper walls of the Sistine Chapel were filled with frescoes depicting the lives of Christ and Moses by such artists as Perugino, Botticelli, Signorelli and Ghirlandaio.
		The forty-seven tapestries in use in the Sistine Chapel before the arrival of the Acts set are listed in the inventory of 1518.
		On the Sistine Chapel's ceiling he painted scenes from the book of Genesis, and David the person comes from the first Book of Samuel.
	www.lycos.com /info/sistine-chapel--paintings.html (778 words)

	Sistine Chapel Restoration Pathfinder
		The most important artworks in the chapel are the frescoes by Michelangelo on the ceiling and on the west wall behind the altar.
		The frescoes on the ceiling, collectively known as the Sistine Ceiling, were commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508 and were painted by Michelangelo in the years from 1508 to 1512.
		Michelangelo and Raphael with Botticelli, Perugino, Signorelli, Ghirlandaio and Rosselli in the Vatican : the Sistine Chapel, the Pauline Chapel, the Stanzas and the Loggias.
	www.rhodes.edu /library/pathfinders/Sistine.html (387 words)

	The Sistine Chapel
		The Sistine Chapel shines forth in all its beauty at the beginning of the third millennium of Christianity.
		Cantoria and the Transenna, in the Sistine Chapel are restored to their original splendor.
		Often over-looked because of Michelangelo's work in the Sistine Chapel are the two decorative fresco cycles on the lateral walls of the Sistine Chapel.
	www.vatican-patrons.org /sistine.htm (254 words)

	For papal election, world to focus on Sistine Chapel
		The cardinals file into the Sistine Chapel, passing beneath Michelangelo's frescoed interpretation of the beginnings of salvation history: creation, the fall of Adam and Eve and the flood.
		Even after the Sistine Chapel was built and its decoration completed by Michelangelo in 1541, not all papal elections were held in the chapel.
		While the chapel has about 5,600 square feet of floor space, the room is divided by a marble and iron screen, halving the space for setting up tables and chairs in a way that allows all the electors to see each other and the altar.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/johnpaulii/transition/ConclaveSistine.asp (616 words)

	Visit to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This work has been and truly is a beacon of our art, and it has brought such benefit and enlightenment to the art of painting that it was sufficient to illuminate a world which for so many hundreds of years had remained in the state of darkness.
		And, to tell the truth, anyone who is a painter no longer needs to concern himself about seeing innovations and inventions, new ways of painting poses, clothing on figures, and various awe-inspiring details, for Michelangelo gave to this work all the perfection that can be given to such details.
		(Giorgio Vasari on Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel)
	www.wga.hu /tours/sistina (125 words)

	Sistine Chapel p.1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Though they don't quite reach the artistic heights that Michelangelo did, their work on the Sistine Chapel was in itself an artistic achievement, and much more than simply a canvas for Michelangelo's beautiful paintings.
		The construction of the Sistine Chapel took place from 1475 to 1483, and ordered by Pope Sixtus IV.
		Though ceremonies took place in the chapel beginning in 1483, it must have been considered a work in progress, for more work was done in the years after it was built.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~cstoner/sistine1.html (380 words)

	Sistine Chapel - tips by travel authority Howard Hillman
		The first is a set of Genesis-themed frescoes painted on the Sistine Chapel's high vaulted ceiling by the then young Michelangelo.
		The Sistine Chapel is more than an art lover's paradise.
		The only way a tourist can reach the Sistine Chapel is through the Vatican Museums (which, incidentally, are collectively a Hillman Wonder Silver Medal winner).
	www.hillmanwonders.com /sistine_chapel/sistine_chapel.htm (203 words)

	Tour of Italy - The Vatican - Sistine Chapel
		The Sistine Chapel is a building standing at the southwest corner of the old medieval section of the Apostolic Palace.
		At present the entrance to the Chapel is through a small door behind the altar.
		The chapel is still used for some papal functions and for the conclave, which originally assembled in the nearby Chapel of the Holy Sacrament.
	touritaly.org /tours/vaticanmuseum/Vatican08.htm (402 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Sistine Chapel restored
		To ensure that the effects are long-lasting, a special air-filtering system has been installed to remove some of the pollution that enters the chapel along with the millions of people who visit every year.
		The last of the frescoes to be cleaned involved 12 that were painted in the 1400s at the chapel's second level.
		Building work began on the Sistine Chapel, which is inside the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, in 1368.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/560315.stm (431 words)

	The Sistine Chapel - Museums
		The Sistine Chapel was built between 1475 and 1483 during the time of Pope Sixtus IV.
		The Chapel was constructed based on the dimensions of the Temple of Solomon, as recorded in the Old Testament of the Bible.
		Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1508, which was originally a sky scene.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art30367.asp (245 words)

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		Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel During the Renaissance period, there were many great artistic achievements that were simply incredible.
		The Sistine Chapel is one of the most important places for the Christian faith and for the entire history of art.
		The vault of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel (1508-1512) can be used as an arbitrary marker for the beginning of this development.
	www.lycos.com /info/sistine-chapel--michelangelos-sistine-chapel.html (478 words)

	The Sistine Chapel
		The Sistine Chapel was built between 1475 and 1483 for Pope Sixtus IV (1473-84) by Giovannino de' Dolci.
		In 1508 the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by request of Pope Julius II, then covered by golden stars on a blue sky.
		Michelangelo beautified the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in four years which was carefully documented by the Vatican and Michelangelo assistants.
	www.svcc.edu /academics/classes/murray/Ezine/sistine.html (1016 words)

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