If you travel to Roma you can not stop visiting the Sistine Chapel, In the Vatican City. It owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV who had it built in 1484. It is located on the right side of the St. Peter's Basilica although it is accessed by Vatican Museums. In it the cardinals meet to elect the Popes.
Originally the vault was painted by Pier Matteo d'Amelia, with gold stars on a blue background. Until in 1508 the Pope Julius II commissioned Miguel Angel to paint it. He did not want to accept the commission because he did not consider himself a painter, but finally and working alone, in four years he achieved the work of his life.
Michelangelo used bright and bright colors in his work. In the center she represented scenes from Book of genesis, among which is the acquaintance of God creating Adam, surrounded by the ancestors of Christ and the prophets and the sibyls who predicted the arrival of Jesus. There is nothing repeated, no figures, no faces, no postures. And he has painted imitations of architectural and sculptural motifs that look real.
Twenty years later he was called to paint the altar and made the Final judgment, a work that surpasses the previous one. The whole set is harmonious and balanced.
It can be visited with the same entrance to the Vatican Museums, but it is better to make sure in advance since sometimes it is closed to the public.
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