The sistine chapel a large chapel within the vaticanin rome,italy. it is used by the pope for important services and meetings. when it needed repairs in the early 1500s,pope julians ii decided to commision michelangelo to create an original work of michelangelo's work of art on the sistene chapel ceiling took four years,finishing in 1512. of all the scenes painted on the ceiling, the most famous is the creation of adam,which depicts the biblical creation story. in total,the ceiling measured approximately 12,000 square feet. when the work was finished,michelangelo had painted 343 figures on the ceiling. the method he used was known as fresco which involved applying paint to damp plaster contrary to what many people believe, michelangelo did hot lie on his back to paint the ceiling instead,he devised his own scaffolding system. from his scaffold, michelangelo could paint while standing. выписать числительные и имена собственные заранее : )