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The sweat of tourists has covered Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel fresco in a white film. Now, the 'Last Judgment' is getting a much-needed cleaning
In the five centuries since Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel, millions of visitors have marveled at his work. Unfortunately, their sweat also coated the walls in microparticles, damaging the ...
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco has been cleaned for the first time in decades after human sweat damaged the painting.
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Water, Japanese paper and a vacuum cleaner — the secrets of restoring Michelangelo’s Last Judgment
As the Sistine Chapel masterpiece is given a facelift, new aspects of the painter’s genius are coming to light ...
Pacing slowly across marble-inlaid floors, past splendid frescoes, they entered the Sistine Chapel, where the walls and ceilings are covered in frescoes by Renaissance masters including Michelangelo, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From a young age, Michelangelo prized drawing and sculpture above painting. Ian Nicholson/PA via Getty Images When a ...
FILE - A visitor kneels in front of the Last Judgement fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo inside the Sistine Chapel in Rome, May 3, 2021. (AP ...
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