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Sistine Chapel
noun
- the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
Sistine Chapel
/ ˈsɪstaɪn; -tiːn /
noun
- the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others
Sistine Chapel
- A chapel adjoining Saint Peter's Basilica , noted for the frescoes of biblical subjects painted by Michelangelo on its walls and ceilings. The Creation is one of the notable subjects of the ceiling paintings, and the Judgment Day is depicted on the rear wall of the chapel.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Sistine Chapel1
Example Sentences
In contrast with “Sistine Chapel,” most of the wall space and ceiling are left blank.
Near the end of the show, the curators — Rudolf Frieling and Sook-Kyung Lee, assisted by Andrea Nitsche-Krupp — have re-created an installation, “Sistine Chapel,” that first appeared at the 1993 Venice Biennale.
VATICAN CITY—In the 500 or so years since the Sistine Chapel was decorated, it has never looked so good.
She “was an attractive blonde,” Bai writes, “only in the sense that the Sistine Chapel had some pretty good artwork.”
Comparing Yellowstone to the Sistine Chapel is the brainchild of an ex-superintendent of Yellowstone Park.
He was painting the Sistine Chapel, and he was angry at one of the bishops or cardinals, so he painted him in with donkey ears.
Have you been compulsively checking to see if white smoke has billowed from the Sistine Chapel yet?
The Sistine Chapel, which stands unique upon the earth, is one of the spots in question.
The Sistine Chapel was the most beautiful apartment in the Vatican.
The paintings may still be seen in the magnificent room which serves as antechamber to the Sistine Chapel.
She rose, holding the child with the greatest dignity—The picture she made could be in the Sistine Chapel.
There was, however, one advantage about the expedition to the Sistine Chapel.
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