Five million people visit the Sistine Chapel each year to marvel at Michelangelo’s frescoes, which cover every inch of plaster on the ceiling. "The Last Judgment" fresco, reproduced here, fills the entire western wall behind the Sistine Chapel altar. For people from all different backgrounds, it speaks to them, too.”Visitors to the Sistine Chapel crane their necks to admire the ceiling, more than 20m above them. It’s very clearly around a woman.”"David and Goliath", one of the corner scenes in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes. “For me, the Sistine Chapel asks a lot of questions but it also answers them.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 17, 2026 09:42 UTC