The Sistine Chapel

[tankman1962]

I had a strange dream that Michelangelo had buried parchments in the plasterwork and then drew the pointing hands and fingers to show where he had placed them. It was a strange dream indeed.

[royalsteven]

You have to been there to know. I saw my favorite art piece the first time in my life and was a bit dissapointed. It was too dark to see it fully. And I couldn't take pictures. But no matter, it was the thrill of having seen it in real. My favorite artist with God, Picasso, Da Vinci and Kandinsky -__-

[eyesk8er]

I absolutely love Verdi and I love Pavarotti, but the music accompanying this Renaissance work of art should have been either early music or Italian baroque music. Be aware that when Verdi died in 1901 several hundred years of Italian music had already been composed. You could just as easily have accompanied the video with music by Carlo Forlivesi, Graziella Concas, or Nicola Campogrande.

[matijabacic123]

This is so great!I wold like to be there.

[YoMoma777]

Are you allowed to film or take pictures in the Chapel? I`ve heard your not allowed. I`d like to know for sure.

[0oziyado0]

the mast gay chapel ever

[DrugWhore1]

Who is this song by?

[martinjbswift]

@DrugWhore1 The song is Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Drinking Song) from Guiseppe Verdi's La traviata.

[JennayyyCx3]

yayyy im going there next week!

[DrugWhore1]

Love it!!

this is true work!

[DrugWhore1]

Love it!!!

[tracyann1191]

Beautiful : )

Thank you for sharing this beautiful montage with us !

Tracy Ann

[akaflint10]

The Goethe quote is a nice fantasy, you can't paint fresco all alone. Michelangelo worked with a small team of assistants. Read Ross King's "Michelangelo anf the Pope's Ceiling".

[zyraabaza]

all of the famous artists didnt work solo.. they all had working teams and studints to work with them.. other wise they wouldnt be able to make this much art work =)

[gen000x]

I saw it recently

it's awesome

[basszus9kulcs]

A beautiful picture about "Where is THE KEY really?" (2.36)

I love it.

[Dzimini]

And that sentence in info said Goethe.. am I right??

[jmdez]

why La Traviata?

[francescomi]

because it's italian as italian is

Pavarotti ( the singer in this vesion of traviata ), as Michelangelo ...and because vatican is in rome , the italian capital city.

[FatherOfThings]

Palestrina would be perfect.

[Happy2bGina]

Nicely done, thank you for sharing it with us.

[ITALDONNABUTTERFLY]

what is the name of this song please - the sistine chapel is amazing....

[clapphamjunction]

How is this possible!?

[HomoCristos]

"SAY BYE BYE"

[HotStuffCuminThrou]

kool

[FantaOrang3]

i need to c this in my life.

[smezatu2000]

if you read the credits at the end , you will see the music is La Traviatta, sung by Luciano Pavarotti.

[MichaelAngelo87]

Marvelous pieces of art!

[Naughtynell]

what is this song???

[anieb]

It's the drinking song from Verdi's La Traviata.

[fastrac]

what a shame your not allowed to photograph inside because some tv company owns the rights

[htrix]

It's not just because the tv company own the rights: it's also because flash photography damages the frescos. I was inside the Sistine Chapel just last week and I was disgusted by the number of people using flash photography in there.

[fastrac]

Its all about the money.

[annek1983]

sper sa-ti placa

[katscriv]

Thank you for posting this...one is in awe of what is possible.