MICHELANGELO’S LAST JUDGEMENT IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL

The artistic immensity of the Sistine Chapel has become synonymous with the genius of Michelangelo. But the revered work was once one of the most controversial pieces in the artworld. Michelangelo turned the Sistine Chapel into a sort of theological sanctuary in honour of the human being, where the line of demarcation between faith and art seems to merge almost into invisibility. But was too much emphasis put towards the material life instead of the spiritual?

By 1534, the Protestant Reformation was well underway, Rome had been sacked and Henry VIII broke ties with the Pope. The Catholic Church balanced a precarious position, and it is this moment Michelangelo produced his triumphant masterpiece of the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel.

On this virtual tour, your private art expert will dwell on details you thought impossible of observation.