Most of the background is a beautiful blue color. Michelangelo used a semi precious stone, Lapus Lazuli, to get that specific color. He crushed the stones into a powder which became the pigment for...
Before we start Sistine is a Latinised/Latinized version of Sixtus. The Sistine Madonna is so called because it features St Sixtus who was Pope Sixtus I in 117/119 to 126/128 AD records are a bit...