y 10 arches which appear to open up as they reach toward the sky. The narrow bands of sky which are visible at each end of the vault "suggest and confirm this idea" (De Vecchi 28-29). Many of the human figures on the ceiling are nudes and are painted with dense but fine brush strokes that give them a polished look, while the figures of the central scenes have a slightly rougher appearance. The last three scenes of the ceiling--God Separating Light From Darkness, the Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants, and God Separating the Earth from the Waters--appear to have been painted more hastily than some of the other scenes because they appear less detailed, which could have been caused by the fact that Michelanglo had t
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