As with the Lourve, we were lucky enough to be in Rome on the last Sunday of the month, which meant we were able to get into the Vatican Museum for free.
It turned out that everyone else in Rome had the same idea.
The Sistine Chapel was breathtaking. While it is such a clichéd image, Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam was awe inspiring – a true work of genius.
Apparently painting the 68-foot-high ceiling the size of a basket ball court was a job that Michelangelo never wanted. In a poem written at the time, Michelangelo complained: “My loins have moved into my guts/as counterweight, I stick my bum out like a horse’s rump…I bend backward like a Syrian bow…”
We’re glad that he stuck at it.
Too many figures, not enough blank "background". Who can be bothered?!
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, he's an alright painter...