Even if you're lucky enough to see the Sistine Chapel ceiling in person, chances are excellent the Vatican Museums' security guards won't allow you close enough to examine the painting's details. But in this this gorgeous 6¾"x9½" volume, you can linger over every inch of Michelangelo's world-famous masterpiece to your heart's content! Filled with up-close-and-personal photographs of the vast frescos—seventy-two individual paintings depicting more than 300 Biblical figures—The Sistine Chapel includes only five brief informative essays, focusing instead on the awesome beauty of Michelangelo's creation. And a handy diagram inside the book's front cover serves as your virtual tour guide. It's a spectacular gift for art-lovers, globetrotters, armchair travelers…anyone with an eye for that singular masterpiece!