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Andrys Basten | profile | all galleries >> ITALY Photos - Tuscany photos - 2006 (partial) >> Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel Tour Photos | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling and the chapel itself are a breathtaking experience and the crowds a nervewracking one.
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For the Raphael ( Raffaello ) painting of "Dispute" shown below, |
![]() First sight of St. Peter's from doubledecker bus |
![]() BLURRED photo from bus (which didn't stop) |
![]() Vatican Tour starts with Court of the Pine (Pigna). |
![]() First courtyard |
![]() Marble copy of a 4th C. BC bronze of Lysippus 'The Apoxyomenos' See info from Eloise below! |
![]() The Belvedere Apollo |
![]() The Belvedere Apollo plus a frieze |
![]() A river god, in the courtyard |
![]() Famous Laocoon orig'l (2005 theory: Michelangelo forged it) |
![]() In a Vatican room of sculptures, Hercules (Heracles) of the Theater of Pompey Hercules Righetti |
![]() Blurred, but interesting Resurrection tapestry |
![]() This ceiling of the Maps Gallery is quite something! |
![]() Ceiling features are clearer here |
![]() Our enthusiastic guide is in the yellow sweater. |
![]() From Raphael's Stanza of the Signatura - 'Dispute' |
![]() More from Raphael's 'Dispute of the Blessed Sacrament' |
![]() Sistine Chapel, first sight of ceiling |
![]() Previous shot, rotated for old testament scenes |
![]() Various Sibyls |
![]() From back seating area where we could sit and enjoy |
![]() Figures breaking the boundaries - my favorite |
![]() (BLURRED) Last Judgment |
![]() D. Ghirlandaio's 'Vocation of St. Peter and of St. Paul' |
![]() G. Roselli's 'Sermon on the Mount' near back gate |
![]() First glimpse of Michelangelo's 'Pieta' in St. Peter's |
![]() Closer up, through glass. Photography is not discouraged. |
![]() Crucified Jesus and a younger-faced eternal Mary |
![]() Michelangelo: a youthful Mary for mystery of birth and crucifixion. |
![]() Michelangelo signed the banner when another artist was credited. |
![]() Michelangelo's dome |
![]() The final dome was under Michelangelo's supervision too. |
![]() More from the top |
![]() Exposure and zoom were set for the dove on this striking piece. |
![]() Exposure was set for the angelic figures |
![]() Saying goodbye to St. Peter's |
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