Inside Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling
“A panoramic scene painted in the style of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling, with sculptural musculature, dynamic figura serpentinata, and a palette of rose, sage, lavender, and burnished gold. Foreground shows muscular ignudi seated on painted plinths, draped in twisting cloths and gripping garlands. Midground reveals the central panel of God reaching toward Adam across a swelling cloud, surrounded by attendant figures. Background shows painted architecture of trompe l'oeil pilasters and arches framing prophets and sibyls under a celestial vault.”