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Pope Unveils Restored Work of Michelangelo
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VATICAN CITY The "Last Judgment" is at hand. Good news, unless
you are a fan of Biagio da Cesena.
The Vatican unveiled Michelangelo's restored masterpiece Friday,
revealing the Sistine Chapel unfettered by scaffolds for the first
time in 14 years.
Behind the altar, the huge restored fresco of the risen Christ
dispensing eternal justice vibrates with recovered color and life.
The vaulted ceiling above, with another Michelangelo treasure,
completes the restored glory of the Re...
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First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
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