Raphael secretly copied Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel drawings before they were even painted, sparking a lifelong feud.
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A chapel where papal power, ritual, and Renaissance art meet.
This episode frames the Sistine Chapel as a meeting point of art, authority, and ritual. It follows the chapel's name back to Sixtus IV, whose papacy from 1471 to 1484 aimed to glorify Rome and strengthen the Vatican and the Catholic Church.
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You want papal politics, Renaissance art, and Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.
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