Write an essay discuss Michelangelos development of The Libyan Sibyl pertaining to its placement on the ceiling.
When Michelangelo returned to Rome in 1508, he was to paint the Twelve Apostles and a few ornaments on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He, who had always insisted that he was a sculptor, was to learn the art of fresco painting, and practice it on a vaulted ceiling decorated by 15th-century artists as … Read more