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Restored `Last Judgment' Unveiled Amid Controversy
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NPR All Things Considered
04-08-1994
LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: After four years of restoration work to remove the grime and soot of centuries, one of the world's greatest artistic and intellectual achievements was unveiled to the public today, newly restored in brilliant color. The restorers say The Last Judgment fresco, painted by Michelangelo in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, can now be seen exactly as it was painted by the Renaissance master 400 years ago. Pope John ...
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