Tesla's CEO Elon Musk announced the details of the long-awaited home battery, called the Powerwall, in a battery-powered conference on April 30.
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. The ceiling is that of the Sistine Chapel, the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named. It was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II. The chapel is the location for papal conclaves and many important services.
1. Michelangelo wanted nothing to do with the Sistine Chapelâs ceiling. In 1508, 33-year-old Michelangelo was hard at work on Pope Julius IIâs marble tomb, a relatively obscure piece now located in Romeâs San Pietro in Vincoli church. When Julius asked the esteemed artist to switch gears and decorate the Sistine Chapelâs ceiling, Michelangelo balked. For one thing, he considered himself a sculptor rather than a painter, and he had no experience whatsoever with frescoes.