The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo Tourists visiting the chapel don’t get long to wonder at the wall where The Last Judgement is painted or at the ceiling frescoes depicting the ...

When it comes to ceilings, the Sistine Chapel tends to grab the headlines. Michelangelo's incredible artwork is world-renowned, and rightly so, but it’s not the only beautiful ceiling around.

D uring the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, only 50 of which survive today. In March, a rare roundup of these ...