Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect ... In 1508 he began. The art of fresco was infamous for separating the great from the merely good. Michelangelo employed assistants ...
Summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II and asked to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1508-1512 In Rome painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (finished October 1512) 1515-1534 Spent these ...
From the style and decoration of the chair to his beard, this portrait of Pope Julius II is laden with meaning. The painting depicts Julius towards the end of his life, when he was battling a ...