Excerpt from The Sixtine Chapel: Critic and Art<br><br>The building of the Chapel was carried out with such speed, for the Pope desired to hold there the grand cerimonies on the anniversary of his coronation which took place on the e4th August, and for the purpose of holding a celebration on that occasion His Holiness promised 50 ducats to every artist so that from the 29th of October 1481 the whole building might be finished by the lg,th March J 3.<br><br>It is to be noticed consequently that even though carried out with such speed nothing was neglected to render the construction grand and complete since we must bear in mind that the Chapel was built to serve two proposes, i. E. For a Sanctuary within and a fortress without, for in those ages and especially that_11.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.