Sistine Chapel
I hope that link works. My daughter sent it to me and I am quite blown away. The music background is fine too, I just wish it were longer....
ETA: fixed link to show text
Sistine Chapel full view, fabulous!
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Sistine Chapel full view, fabulous!
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But have his weapons to hand:
He knows not when he may need arms,
Or what menace meet on the road. - Hávamál 38
Man's joy is in Man. - Hávamál 47
But have his weapons to hand:
He knows not when he may need arms,
Or what menace meet on the road. - Hávamál 38
Man's joy is in Man. - Hávamál 47
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Re: Sistine Chapel full view, fabulous!
That's absolutely amazing. I had no idea that's what it looked like.
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Re: Sistine Chapel full view, fabulous!
cinepro wrote:That's absolutely amazing. I had no idea that's what it looked like.
... try to search "sistine" by user ludwigm...
Two matches of five:
here, 2012.08.27 06:51:05 ludwigm wrote:Another tip:
High-resolution interactive virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel
(with appropriate music)
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Quotes on Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
"Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving."
—Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 23 August 1787
and there, 2012.12.06 23:11:18, ludwigm wrote:Quasimodo wrote:[ quote="ludwigm"]Those are ~4*7 meter paintings...[ /quote]
How daunting it must be to stand, brush in hand, in front of a blank canvas that large!
At least the painter has stand before it.
Imagine Michelangelo laying on his back, with a candle on his forehead under a blank ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. 41x13 meter...
He saw and painted it from a distance of an arm's length - the picture which will be watched by future beholders from 20 m below.
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Re: Sistine Chapel full view, fabulous!
A beautiful creation but the walk to it inside the Vatican is also impressive.
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Re: Sistine Chapel full view, fabulous!
The Agony and the Ecstasy captured the agony of that creation rather well, I thought....
A man should never step a foot into the field,
But have his weapons to hand:
He knows not when he may need arms,
Or what menace meet on the road. - Hávamál 38
Man's joy is in Man. - Hávamál 47
But have his weapons to hand:
He knows not when he may need arms,
Or what menace meet on the road. - Hávamál 38
Man's joy is in Man. - Hávamál 47