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World Service,19 Oct 1993,8 mins

The Sistine Chapel Ceiling

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Sister Wendy Beckett considers the history of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling. "It's not like a single painting...It's an extremely complex depiction of the wonder of what it means to be human"

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