Sistine Chapel Ceiling, View of the Entire Vault

Sistine Chapel Cappella Sistina by Michelangelo Buonarroti th Century fresco Vatican City Vatican MuseumsWhole view of the vault Nine episodes from the book of Genesis are painted in an architectural configuration animated by figures of Nudes that sustain bronze medallions with scenes from the Bible At its ends the frame becomes thrones for seven Prophets and five Sibyls In the rib vaults connecting the walls with the vault ancestors of Christ are represented and in the four pendentives there are scenes from these episodes David and Goliath Judith and Holofernes the bronze Serpent and the Torture of Haman Vatican Museums