(Drivebycuriosity) - A visit of Rome is not complete without the Vatican Museums, which include the Sistine Chapel. Last Monday my wife and I went there, using timed tickets which we had gotten online.
Even though the midst of April is out of the holiday season there was a huge crow. But the amassed art work is worth the effort.
We were overwhelmed by the mass of fresci (mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaste on walls & ceilings. In the crammed Sistine chapel were no photos allowed, but the way to this place is impressive alone.
Above more fresco. Or is it fresci?
Looking onto all the ceilings was a real challenge for my neck.
Looking on the mosaics on the ground was easier.
They also have an impressive collection of paintings on canvas, including work by Leonardo da Vinci & Caravaggio (but not their best).
They even own on a Pope painted by Francis Bacon.
I really like this fountain
Without Fig Leaves
The prudish popes hated nudity though many sculptures got fig leaves or they private parts destroyed but even in the Vatican some survived uncastrated and without fig leaves.
To be continued
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