My breast-bone visibly grows like a harp. “I've grown a goiter by dwelling in this den,” wrote Michelangelo, in a poem he penned about the experience.
Michelangelo At least he had something nice to look at during all this. Try doing that for just a few minutes, then think about what it felt like doing that every day for years. One popular story has Michelangelo lying flat on his back while painting the Sistine ceiling, which sounds downright cozy, but he actually had to stand on scaffolding and face straight up. We don’t just mean it takes artistic skill or creative vision. The problem with painting art on a ceiling, though, is it’s really hard.
That’s where we have The Creation of Adam, which is just one of dozens of scenes of Biblical figures and prophets. Frescoes cover every wall of the Sistine Chapel, but the most famous part of the chapel is, of course, the ceiling.
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