This was drawn on collaged travel documents stubs in my sketchbook while exploring the Sistine Chapel located within the apostolic Palace within Vatican City (Rome). This is a detail I drew from the highly influential and iconic ceiling fresco, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis. Prior to Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, it had been painted by Piero Matteo d'Amelia with a blue sky and stars. Little did Matteo d'Amelia know but upon that very ceiling, a project would soon after begin which would change the course of Western art and be regarded as one of the major artistic accomplishments of human civilization.
