The Restoration of the Sistine Chapel
In 1980, a team of restorers began the painstaking work of cleaning Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling in Vatican City. For nearly five centuries, candle soot,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2.
In 1980, a team of restorers began the painstaking work of cleaning Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling in Vatican City. For nearly five centuries, candle soot, animal glue from previous "restorations," and layers of grime had accumulated over the frescoes. Visitors had long admired the muted, somber tones, assuming that was what Michelangelo intended. Scholars wrote entire dissertations about his restrained palette.…
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