La Capilla Sixtina

Chronological history of the creation of the Sistine Chapel, one of the most famous pictorial spaces in the history of art. From its first impulse, with Pope Sixtus IV, to respond to the questioning of his leadership raised by Mohammed II, and later with Julius II, the Sistine Chapel shows how politics takes full advantage of the communicative and propaganda potential of art. If the decoration of the lower part of the Sistine Chapel shows the maximum expression of the dominance of the Tuscan workshops during the 15th century; Since 1505, it is Michelangelo who indicates the evolution towards the idea of ??modern creative genius, when the work of art begins to be recognized as a product of pure ingenuity. With a dual approach, historian and restorer, with detail but also with the intention of reaching all readers interested in the Renaissance, Antonio Forcellino makes us relive the prodigious project of painting the Sistine Chapel, reconstructing the wills and intentions of its creators - the popes and the artists - and the material history, techniques and styles that this extraordinary masterpiece brings together.