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Heavens Above: A few thoughts about ceilings

Heavens Above: A few thoughts about ceilings

Art History, Baroque, Michelangelo, Renaissance, Rome, Vatican

Tweet Recently I’ve been thinking about ceilings. Elaborately painted ones to be precise. A couple of weeks ago I took a group of 41 seventeen-year-old girls from the James Allen’s Girls’ School, plus their teachers, to see two of them. In the morning we visited the...
Jonah, the lynchpin of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Jonah, the lynchpin of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Art History, High Renaissance, Michelangelo, Rome, Vatican

Tweet 500 years ago today, Michelangelo was finishing work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. One of the most visited, discussed, celebrated, and indeed largest paintings in the history of art. An anniversary is always a good excuse for a blog post, and given that,...

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