Michelangelo was a Terrible Choice for the Sistine Chapel

How did a sculptor with almost no painting experience create one of the Renaissance’s greatest masterpieces?

Shawn Forno
Mind Cafe
Published in
7 min readAug 8, 2022

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Photo by Calvin Craig on Unsplash

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel kicks ass.

I’ve seen it in person, and that iconic image of God reaching toward Adam’s outstretched fingertips deserves to be…

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Shawn Forno
Mind Cafe

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