Ideas53:59Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel: Jeannie Marshall
Even if you make it to Rome, it’s no easy feat to get a glimpse of the most celebrated ceiling in the Western world: the Sistine Chapel.
The Renaissance artistic tour de force, painstakingly painted by Michelangelo in the early 16th century, is the final showcase of the vast and masterpiece-laden Vatican Museums. But first you have to get in — and tickets can be hard to come by. Lineups wind under an unrelenting sun and the press of sweaty tourists is overwhelming.
For years, Canadian writer Jeannie Marshall, who has lived in the Eternal City
