The Sistine Chapel of Art is a blog about one man’s favorite pieces of art. Each post will mention one unique creation, and discuss its place in the world of art.

The intent of this blog is to highlight individual artists, their work, and the history of their craft. The works of art listed here are not the greatest ever created, but they are amongst my favorites and those which I feel deserve more recognition than they get.

Artists are often inspired by other artists and it’s only right that this should be reflected in a blog about the best artworks in history.

I’ve always said that I would like to make a website about the most inspiring pieces of art, according to me. The idea came from the fact that I was an art student and had to make a lot of artworks, some of which were pretty bad, but my friends would still praise them.

The truth is that I’m not that good at making art, but this fact has never been able to stop me from pursuing my goal.

I started looking for inspiration and ideas in every place I could find them, and this website is the result of my efforts so far.

I hope you enjoy it.

You are going to write about the most inspiring piece of art for yourself. The work that you really want to talk about.

There is no right answer to this assignment. The point is to notice what inspires you, and then to write about it in a blog post. A blog post is a kind of public conversation, but here you are just talking with yourself.

The most inspiring piece of art for me is Pieter Bruegel’s Netherlandish Proverbs . This painting is striking for me because it manages to be both charming and dark, serious and funny. It is full of detail, a bit overwhelming at first glance, but if you spend some time with the painting you will find all sorts of delightful details. For example: the man holding his ears in the top left corner seems to be suffering from tinnitus; that must have been a common condition back then: there are many sayings in the painting that warn against hearing loss from too much fun at parties!

I like how this painting captures a moment in time. I am fascinated by 15th century Flanders and so I love seeing things like the wheeled ploughs in this painting — they don’t exist any more but they were common once upon a time — as well as other details

Wow, I was really impressed by the Sistine Chapel. It’s true that you have to be prepared to stand in line for a long time, but the wait is worth it.

The most impressive thing about it is its size: more than four hundred square meters of frescoes. The Vatican used to be a fortress and this chapel was the main hall. Nowadays it’s a museum.

Truly impressive was Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam”. The painting represents God and Adam on the sixth day of creation: God is pointing his finger at Adam with his index finger, inviting him to share his divine wisdom. It looks like God is saying: “you are like me”, like he’s giving him a part of himself. The painting is huge, and it really feels grandiose.

The frescoes are composed of thousands of figures, all done in different ways, all very lively and realistic. It took Michelangelo four years (1508-1512) to complete them, because he worked for more than twelve hours every day on the project. He had many assistants but this didn’t mean he could relax: he was always present in the chapel to make sure everything went well.

You can see some photos here .

The Sistine Chapel is the most famous piece of art in the world. For over 4 centuries, it has been home to The Creation of Adam and The Last Judgement. It’s a place of enormous beauty, but it’s also a site of great interest to art historians, who have argued over the meaning of some of its most famous details.

Towards the end of the 19th century, a new generation of artists began to re-examine The Sistine Chapel. They were inspired by new discoveries in science and philosophy, and wanted to change the way people saw art.

Art critic Roger Fry visited the chapel in 1912 and wrote: “We shall not see its like again; there has been nothing similar since Michelangelo died.”

The paintings are still awe-inspiring. But they’re also mysterious works that have puzzled everyone from St Thomas Aquinas to Picasso.

Here are 10 things you might not know about Michelangelo’s masterpiece…

There is an alternative to the standard notion of art as a commodity. It focuses on the experience of art rather than its financial value or market price, and treats the artist as a creator rather than a businessman. This concept of art makes it possible to look at the Sistine Chapel not just as the most expensive painting in human history but also as one of the greatest pieces of industrial art ever created.

The alternative notion of art has it that people do not make art for money, but money follows art. The key question here is, what kind of art could be so valuable that people are willing to pay millions for one single canvas? What would be worth more than all the gold in Fort Knox?

On reflection, there can only be one answer: industrial art. By “industrial”, I mean designed and produced using the methods that create factory-made goods on an assembly line. This method is characterized by high volume production, precision engineering, and interchangeable parts. The dividing line between fine art and industrial art is not clear-cut; some sculptures belong to both categories (like welded metal works), while others don’t qualify as either (like paintings). But in general, modern industrial artifacts are driven by function rather than design, which means they are functional rather than artistic

I think the writer of this essay is knowledgeable about art. I agree that Michelangelo’s work shows great art. I like the way he writes. But I think he is wrong in saying that Michelangelo’s work is religious art.

I think that the writer believes that Raphael and Michaelangelo were religious artists because they made art to decorate churches. In my opinion, their religious beliefs influenced the kind of art they made, but not the fact that they made it. It seems to me that Michelangelo was an artist because he liked making art, even though his patrons were mostly prelates, popes, and members of the Medici family.