Sistine Chapel Quiz Questions Flashcards
1
Q
What age did Michelangelo first get an apprenticeship?
A
13
2
Q
What Pope ordered the Sistine Chapel to be build?
A
Pope Sixtus IV
3
Q
What did the original Sistine Chapel ceiling look like?
A
Blue with gold stars
4
Q
What was Pope Julius known as?
A
The terrifying pope
5
Q
What architect had dinner with Pope Julius II to discuss the Sistine CHapel?
A
Bramante
6
Q
Michelangelo painted the ceiling using
A
Fresco
7
Q
What details on the ceiling were considered treason?
A
painting nudity
8
Q
Michelangelo wrote “I am not the right BLANK” in a poem to a griend in 1509.
A
“I am not the right painter”
9
Q
Cosimo de’Medici III changed the ceiling by
A
painting leaves on the nude images
10
Q
on average, how many people visit the Sistine chapel per day?
A
25,000
