| 单词 | sistine chapel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSistine Chapel Sistine Chapel n. [after Italian Cappella Sistina (1652 or earlier)] a chapel in the Vatican built by Pope Sixtus IV, with a ceiling painted by Michaelangelo between 1508 and 1512 and other interior artworks by various Renaissance artists. ΚΠ 1769 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. 5 On the sight of the Capella Sistina, he [sc. Raphael] immediately..assumed that grand style of painting.] 1771 C. Burney Present State Music France & Italy p. vi The Pope's chapel is sometimes called the Sistine chapel, from Sextus Quintus [sic], who built it. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxvii. 288 He has shown us the great picture in the Sistine Chapel..by Michael Angelo. 1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds x. 182 All I could hear was a choir singing in the Sistine Chapel. 2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 1 Nov. (Travel section) Then enter the sublime Sistine Chapel where you'll gaze up and admire Michelangelo's famous painted ceiling. < as lemmas |
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