Book of Donmon Teith

The story behind the timeless Renaissance revealed.

Five hundred years ago Michelangelo began work on a painting that became one of the most famous pieces of art in the world—the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Every y

The art of the Sistine Chapel, decorated by artists who competed with one another and commissioned by popes who were equally competitive, is a complex fabric of

Describes events leading up to the creation of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, with information about the life of Michelangelo, as a man and an artist; and includes

Every day up to 22,000 tourists visit the Sistine Chapel. In collaboration with the Edizioni Musei Vaticani, this book reproduces close-up views of Michelangelo