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In 1481 Botticelli was summoned to Rome He and several other artists had been selected by Pope Sixtus IV to decorate the walls of the Sistine Chapel These artists included Ghirlandaio and Rosselli from Florence and Perugino from Umbria This was some twentyseven years before Michelangelo began his work on the ceilingThe most important artworks in the chapel are the frescoes by Michelangelo on the ceiling and on the west wall behind the altar The frescoes on the ceiling, collectively known as the Sistine Ceiling, were commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508 and were painted by Michelangelo in the years from 1508 to 1512The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel The Sistine Chapel had great symbolic meaning for the papacy as the chief consecrated space in the Vatican, used for great ceremonies such as electing and inaugurating new popes It already contained distinguished wall paintings, and Michelangelo was asked to add works for the relatively unimportant ceiling Michelangelo S Sistine Chapel Exh