The Height Of Fresco

It is one thing to learn about fresco painting and gain an understanding of how difficult the medium is it is another thing entirely to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel then the Last Judgment. Having just stood beneath this ceiling I am at a loss for words.

Again I find myself completely overwhelmed. There is so much to see, as I stand in the center and look up, still I can not see all it, it goes on past my field of vision. I walk back to the beginning, the creation of matter and slowly work my way to the life of Noah. Only after some time has passed do I begin to notice the pain in my neck and I am just looking up, Michelangelo had to paint like this for years and race against time. Only to be asked years later to paint the Last Judgment I cannot even begin to comprehend how he was able to one let alone both and his numerous other works.