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Sistine

Sistine

7.5
Relating to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, especially its art
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪstɪn/
translation icon : sistino
  • Michelangelo spent four years hand crafting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

We're almost with, you know, the Renaissance guys like Michelangelo had this vision of what he was going to paint on the Sistine Chapel wall.

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Examples

  • We're almost with, you know, the Renaissance guys like Michelangelo had this vision of what he was going to paint on the Sistine Chapel wall.

  • I am in Rome visiting the Sistine Chapel.

  • After after a brief break, we will establish what the Sistine Chapel has to tell us about that fact.

  • Was not in Saint Peter's, but next door, in effect, over in this building in the Sistine Chapel.

  • And it was that he didn't really want to paint the Sistine Chapel because he thought of himself as sculptor, not a painter.

  • The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is famous for its stunning frescoes painted by Michelangelo.

  • Visitors from all over the world travel to admire the Sistine Chapel's breathtaking art.

  • The Sistine Chapel is an iconic symbol of Renaissance art and architecture.

Compounds

A small chapel in Vatican City famous for Michelangelo's painted ceiling

Surface Forms

Sistine positive

Etymology

Sistine comes from the name of Pope Sixtus, who had the famous chapel in the Vatican built and decorated. So Sistine means 'belonging to Sixtus' and is used for the chapel and the artworks made for it.