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| Vatican Grottoes |
| St Peter's Basilica |
| Vatican Museum |
| Sistine Chapel |
Your answer was: Sistine Chapel. |
Answer: The Sistine Chapel restoration project was one of the most significant, largest and longest art restoration projects in entire history. The Sistine Chapel was restored between 1980 and 1994. The entire project took years to complete, not taking into account the inspections, planning and approval of the project. When the restoration of the Sistine Chapel was announced, it sparked a barrage of queries and objections from art historians around the world. Critics issued repeated warnings about the possibility of damage to Michelangelo's work from over-strenuous restoration. An argument that was used repeatedly was that all the previous interventions had caused damage of one sort or another. Any restoration, as opposed to conservation, puts an artwork at risk. (For a more detailed documentation of the restoration process, check out the article below.) We may never know if we should be calling it a “good” restoration or a “bad” restoration, but it is certainly a significant one. 'Triumph or Travesty? The Controversial Restoration of the Sistine Chapel' on Farcroftgroup.com SISTINE CHAPEL ART ISSUED BY THE VATICAN POST OFFICE 
Creation of the Stars & Planets Creation of Man Adam & Eve Original Sin The Flood 944-951 (1994) 
Calling of Sts Peter & Andrew Trials of Moses Donation of the Keys Worship of the Golden Calf 1156-1159 (2000) 
Baptism of Christ Passage of the Red Sea Punishment of Core Serman on the Mount 1172-1175 (2001) 
Temptations of Christ Last Supper Moses' Journey in Egypt; Last Days of Moses 1215-1218 (2002) |
