US EditionVisitor breath, sweat and climate change prompt work on Sistine Chapel masterpiece
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With an area of about 180 square meters representing "The Last Judgment", (the second coming of God) in the Sistine Chapel, this fresco will have to be subjected to washing and restorations after some decades of its last treatment. As part of the most famous and important attractions in the world of art, the Sistine Chapel and all its frescoes are visited daily by thousands of people, and although the directors and vice presidents of Vatican Mus…
Visitor breath, sweat and climate change prompt work on Sistine Chapel masterpiece
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When millions of visitors flock to the Sistine Chapel each year, their seemingly invisible breath and sweat are slowly leaving a mark on this Renaissance masterpiece, according to Vatican Museums officials. After 30 years since the chapel’s last big renovation, the director of the Vatican Museums, Barbara Jatta, said the impact of five to six million visitors a year has created a white film over different surfaces in the cha…
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