Editing Sistine Chapel (section)

== Quotes on Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel ==
{{blockquote|text=Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving.| sign= [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe]], 23 August 1787|source=<ref>Letter. Original: {{in lang|de}} ''Ich kann euch nicht ausdrücken, wie sehr ich euch zu mir gewünscht habe, damit ihr nur einen Begriff hättet, was ein einziger und ganzer Mensch machen und ausrichten kann; ohne die Sixtinische Kapelle gesehen zu haben, kann man sich keinen anschauenden Begriff machen, was ein Mensch vermag.'' [[Italian Journey]], 2nd journey to Rome.<sup>[https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/Italienische-Reise-Teil-21/#p195 Italienische Reise, Teil 21] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713125644/https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/Italienische-Reise-Teil-21/#p195 |date=13 July 2020 }}</sup></ref>
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{{blockquote|text=This work has been and truly is a beacon of our art, and it has brought such benefit and enlightenment to the art of painting that it was sufficient to illuminate a world which for so many hundreds of years had remained in the state of darkness. And, to tell the truth, anyone who is a painter no longer needs to concern himself about seeing innovations and inventions, new ways of painting poses, clothing on figures, and various awe-inspiring details, for Michelangelo gave to this work all the perfection that can be given to such details.|sign=[[Giorgio Vasari]] on Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel}}