SISTINE CHAPEL, Interior
Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
- Audio File length: 2.39
- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
-
Language: English / USA
Now that you are inside the Sistine Chapel, the first impression you get will probably be more from the crowd and the noise than from the frescoes, unless you have cleverly chosen to take advantage of the Vatican Museums' evening openings... You should also keep in mind that you came in from the wall behind the altar, which was once reserved for the high clergy, and the public would enter from the other side, and therefore immediately facing the Last Judgment.
Now look at the chapel's structure: it's covered by an elongated and lowered vault, with six large windows on each of the side walls. There are two more windows on the altar wall, which had to be closed when Michelangelo painted the Last Judgment....