GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Michelangelo completed the Sistine Chapel in 1512. Its importance in the history of art cannot be overstated. It turned into a veritable academy for young painters, a position that was cemented when Michelangelo returned to the chapel twenty years later to execute the Last Judgment fresco on the altar wall.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sistine Chapel was built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, the chapel’s namesake. Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the ceilings by Pope Julius II, with other artists including Botticelli and Domenico Ghirlandaio (Michelangelo’s teacher) also contributing.