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The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel depicts the book of Genesis (again by Michelangelo)
It tells the story of Creation along with the fall of man-original sin in the Garden of Eden as Adam and Eve tasted the forbidden fruit, to Noah's ark and later how even Noah became drunk, a supposedly bleak outlook for the future of man. It took over four years to paint the frescoe as the artists eye sight deteriorated due to paint dripping in his eyes as he worked.
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