Thursday, May 14, 2009

What famous art works and things of notes are in the vatican city


What famous art works and things of notes are in the vatican city?
(I refer to such things as the Sistine Chapel, the last supper painting etc)
Other - Arts & Humanities - 2 Answers
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1 :
Michelangelo's Pieta (St Peter's) Caravaggio's Descent from the Cross (Deposition) The Raphael Rooms in the papal palace The Pinturricchio rooms in the Borgia Apartments The body of Pope John XXIII (it's on view. Ugh!) Raphael's Ascension (his last painting) The Apollo Belvedere Laocoon Canova's statue of Perseus The Vatican bible (4th century) the Vatican Virgil (4th century, illustrated manuscript) the Sarcophagi of the Scipio family (3rd - 2nd century B.C.) The Belvedere Torso (imitated by Michelangelo) The (alleged) bones of St. Peter (in the crypt)
2 :
Look for yourself. Here is the Vatican City website: http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/Monuments/ And the Vatican Museums website: http://mv.vatican.va/StartNew_EN.html With love in Christ.