Example sentences for: sistine

How can you use “sistine” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But nothing can prepare you for the visual shock of the Sistine Chapel (Cappella Sistina), built for Sixtus IV in the 15th century.

  • We expect to be awed by the sheer size and marmoreal magnificence of David , the Sistine Chapel, the dome of St. Peter's in Rome.

  • ' My own surprising encounter with color occurred when, in a report on the restoration of the Sistine Chapel, one of the experts--an Italian, speaking in English--said that they had used a preparation that contained whole eggs, “including the red.”

  • She wondered why an art expert in the Sistine Chapel said that Michelangelo had used the red ( rosso ) of an egg in his preparation for the frescoes.

  • No matter when you visit, it's impossible to separate the Sistine Chapel or the Statue of Liberty from their attendant tourist hordes, unless you have friends in the Vatican (or on the masthead of Talk magazine).


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