In 1625 a dark patina was removed with damp bread. From 1710 to 1713 the frescoes were cleaned with sponges dipped in Greek wine. Nor did I see it as a backpacker in the late 1980s, when restorers were injecting polyvinylacetate resin into its cracks. I wasn’t among them the time before, with my toddlers, who were even less enthusiastic about lines. I was not among them when I visited Rome a few years ago with my parents, who had already seen the ceiling and were not enthusiastic about waiting hours in line. On any normal pre-Covid summer day, as many as 30,000 visitors craned their necks to see Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling, one of the greatest achievements of Western art. DA VINCI’S CAT Written by Catherine Gilbert Murdock Illustrated by Paul O.
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