Article
Observations on the Ancestor Cycle of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Art and Art History
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1992
Publisher
Ars Brevis Foundation, Inc.
Abstract
The figures in the lunettes and window spandrels of the Sistine Chapel were literally obscured for about 500 years. Now that the frescoes are visible once again, scholars will turn to the ancestor cycle with renewed interest.
Citation Information
Pappas, Andrea. "Observations on the Ancestor Cycle of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling." Source: Notes in the History of Art 11, No. 2 (Winter 1992), pp. 27-31.
Reprinted with permission of the Ars Brevis Foundation, Inc.