The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century. However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II ...

This was after the death of Pope Sixtus IV in 1484, who had been the pontiff since 1471 and after whom the building takes its name. A number of conclaves have been held elsewhere, including ...

The most recognizable is Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, showing God's outstretched hand imparting the divine spark of life to the first man.The chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an art ...