Probably not as breathtaking as visiting in real life but still an amazing way to look at the beauty that is the Sistine Chapel...
There are six arched windows on each of the two main walls of the Sistine Chapel, along with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. In spite of its unattractive exterior, the ceiling and walls of the chapel are adorned by frescoes painted by numerous Florentine Renaissance masters.
The frescoes on the side walls of the chapel were painted from 1481 to 1483. On the north wall are six frescoes depicting events from the life of Christ as painted by Perugino, Pinturicchio, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Cosimo Rosselli. On the south wall are six other frescoes depicting events from the life of Moses by Perugino, Pinturicchio, Botticelli, Domenico and Benedetto Ghirlandaio, Rosselli, Luca Signorelli, and Bartolomeo della Gatta.
Above these works, smaller frescoes between the windows depict various popes. For great ceremonial occasions, the lowest portions of the side walls were covered with a series of tapestries depicting events from the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Raphael designed and woven these in Brussels between 1515-19.
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