The Sistine Chapel

In Our Time: Religion by BBC

Apr 28, 202255:50Society & Culture

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the astonishing work of Michelangelo (1477-1564) in this great chapel in the Vatican, firstly the ceiling with images from Genesis (of which the image above is a detail) and later The Last...

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