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the reason that they wanted him to paint the celling is because they had heard of his amazing art work and sculpture.

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Since Antiquity the human body has been seen as the epitome of beauty. In some modern societies, however, the nude body has been declared indecent.

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He did not. Raphael did no work in the Sistine Chapel.

The little cherubs are part of a Raphael painting called the 'Sistine Madonna', which is in a completely different place.

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Not to the world, but to art history.

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Q: Why did Michelangelo paint his figures in the nude on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
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Which places in Rome did Michelangelo paint the ceiling?

In the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City in Rome, Italy.The Sistine Chapel was the name of the chapel in which Michelangelo painted a picture upon the ceiling.


What chapels ceiling did Michelangelo paint?

Michelangelo painted the ceiling of Sistine


How many sculptures did Michelangelo sculpt in the Sistine Chapel?

There are no sculptures in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo painted the ceiling and the altar of the Sistine Chapel.


Who invented the ceiliing of the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.


Which renaissance painter is famous for painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the dome of St. Peter's Basilica.


Who painted the marals on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel?

Michelangelo painted the murals of the Sistine Chapel


What ceiling did Michelangelo decorate?

The ceiling of the Sistine chapel in Vatican.


What was the name of the famous ceiling that Michelangelo painted?

This is the Sistine Chapel in Vatican.


Carved marble and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo did.


Who painter the Sistine chapel an St Peters Baslicia?

Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.


Why did Michelangelo create the drawing on the Sistine chapel ceiling?

He was commisioned to do so by the heads of the Sistine Chapel


Who was the Italian who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

Michelangelo.