Over 300 figures adorn the vaulted ceiling of that chapel, each of them painted solely by Michelangelo.
He’d originally began work with several assistants but it only took a short time before he became dissatisfied with the way the project was going and started
over by himself, letting no one but the Pope see his progress for the first three years.
It’s hard to get a real sense of the size and magnificence of the Sistine
Chapel unless you see it yourself, since any reproduction is limited to the space on a page or screen.
Because of that, I’ve chosen to show just two of the figures, rather than large sections.
Suffice it to say, it’s doubtful whether any work by an individual artist
will ever rival this masterpiece in scope, composition, or sheer impressiveness.
