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Has the actual Chapel aged so well or have the images been reworked to give show more color?
by Oculus 12y ago
Has the actual Chapel aged so well or have the images been reworked to give show more color?
- jedberg 12y agoThey recently had a multi-year restoration. Before that it was almost completely black from soot and smoke.
- pjbrunet 12y agoRelatively recently ;-) According to Google "The frescoes of the Sistine Chapel and in particular the ceiling and accompanying lunettes by Michelangelo have been subject to a number of restorations, the most recent taking place between 1980 and 1994."
- mhartl 12y agoIt has been extensively restored: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Sistine_Chapel_frescoes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Sistine_Chap...