The Ceiling That Took Four Years

Michelangelo was a sculptor, not a fresco painter, when Pope Julius II asked him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1508. For four years he worked on scaffolding high above the floor, painting more than a thousand square meters of fresh plaster with scenes from Genesis. On All Saints' Day, November 1, 1512, the finished ceiling was unveiled at Mass. Great work often begins with saying yes to a task you don't yet feel ready for.

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