sistine chapel who was the artist
The Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo. When the ceiling of The Sistine Chapel was painted Pope Julius II was attempting to unite the country under the church. The country was broken into different warring factions and there was a constant battle to unite the different areas under a different ruler.
Between 1508 and 1512, under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling, a masterpiece without precedent, that was to change the course of Western art.