Michelangelo comes to Fremantle, Western Australia / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

May 11, 2022 5:34am CST

I’m making two discussions of this so Vince’s photos will display better. If I make a collage of them, they get too distorted. Back in 2010, we visited the Sistine Chapel. Our strongest memory is of the officials shouting ‘Silencio, silencio’ above the noise of the crowd. Their other cry of ‘no photo, no photo’ was totally ignored as cameras flashed left, right and centre. This morning we went to view ‘Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition’. This is a series of life-size photographs of the 34 frescoes of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Some of the canvases hung from the ceiling while others were ranged around the walls. Before going into the ‘gallery’, we watched a 20-minute film and learn a lot about the difficulties that Michelangelo faced in his mammoth task. Michelangelo considered himself a sculptor first and foremost and was more or less coerced into painting the ceiling. The photo by Vince shows the creation of Adam.

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GoAskAlice

@GoAskAlice (5807)

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11 May 22

I don't think they really 'distort' although it shrinks them so not as much detail is seen, so making two is probably best.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325818)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 May 22

You're right. I chose the wrong wording reallly. The collage didn't 'distort' so much as cut off much of the outer two panels on the lower image. And it's a shame not to show all of it.

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Sharon Elton

@sharonelton (25012)

• Lichfield, England

11 May 22

Wow! That must have been amazing! I can't imagine what it must have been like.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325818)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 May 22

It was nice to be so close to the panels and to be able to have a really good look at the figures.

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Sharon Elton

@sharonelton (25012)

• Lichfield, England

12 May 22

@JudyEv Oh, yes! That must have been truly spectacular!

OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86760)

• United States

11 May 22

So cool...he just flew in did he?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325818)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 May 22

Haha - it seems so!

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

11 May 22

I don't really understand why people feel the urge to make photos themselves when they're in Rome. They rarely come out perfecly because you can't move around freely in the Sistine Chapel because of the many visitors. In such a case it's advisable to buy photos made by professionals. They're sold everywhere in Rome.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325818)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 May 22

You're quite right - and it's the same with many tourist attractions really.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29128)

• United Kingdom

11 May 22

Yes I remember the crowds in the Sistine chapel too. I confess I was somewhat underwhelmed by the experience. I was also amused/disappointed that most of the visitors simply rushed past many other masterpieces on the way, because of course the Sistine chapel is the famous 'must-see' item whereas other artists are not well-known.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325818)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 May 22

I was a bit the same. Even today, half the people didn't bother to watch the film - and it was only 20 minutes. It gave a lot of information about the technique of fresco painting. Not enough to be boring but it's nice to know a bit about how it's done.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29128)

• United Kingdom

11 May 22

@JudyEv Some people just have a 'box-ticking' approach to any visitor attractions.