Renaissance+and+Reformation+Painting

was famous for its interior decoration and the paintings on the ceiling were done by Renaissance artist known as Michelangelo. The chapel was built during he rule of Pope Sixtus IV. The series of images shows nine scenes from the Biblical book of Genesis. For four years, Michelangelo laid on his back on a wooden platform just a few inches below the chapel ceiling and painted the ceiling. || This is one of the most painting in the world. This was painted by a great artist known as Leonardo da Vinci. He was born in 1452. He was also an inventor and made sketches of flying machines and undersea boats centuries before the first plane or submarine was built. He also look in the dead bodies to study how the bones and muscles works. The Mona Lisa was painted in Florence. The Mona Lisa is also called La Gioconda. The model of the painting was Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a local merchant. Her mysterious smile has baffled the viewers for centuries. The painting is now displayed at the Louvre. ||
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 *  This is the interior view of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The chapel