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Now I\u2019ve done the Sistine Chapel before, but not like this. Not when it wasn\u2019t mobbed with thousands of camera clicking tourists. This was something special, and Yuliya and I savored every minute of it. Most are used to staring at the last judgment seen on the near wall, but there is so much more to the Sistine Chapel than that. <\/p>\n

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Thankfully, they have now installed benches all around the perimeter where one can sit and admire the artist\u2019s master work.
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What is less well known is the scenes: 1) from the Bible, and 2) from Apocryphal literature which cover the ceiling and the upper right and left hand walls. For example here is a shot of some prophets and notable Biblical and extra-Biblical figures\u2026
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See Susanna above. So we have both prophets and prophetesses in Michelangelo\u2019s tableau. On the back wall of the Sistine Chapel we have what can be called Last Redemption, the counterpart to Last Judgment. $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Note the scene of resurrection in the large left hand panel. All in all, the Sistine Chapel is one of the three or four greatest masterworks of art in the world. Hope ya\u2019ll all get to see it in all its refurbished glory as we did. <\/p>\n

And, save your best judgment for the last judgment\u2026..:) After all, you\u2019ll be there someday. <\/p>\n

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