The next session in our Arts+ programme will be a Zoom lecture led by Stuart Harvey. Resident in Rome since 2001, Stuart is one of the few people to be a qualified guide for both London and Rome and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to this virtual tour of the Vatican.

Highlights of the Vatican Museums and the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel 

An unforgettable journey to explore the highlights of the vast Vatican Museums collection, with a deep focus on the spectacular frescoes by Michelangelo Buonarroti and others in the Sistine Chapel. Professional Rome tourist guide Stuart Harvey takes you on a virtual stroll through the corridors and rooms to see ancient classical statues that influenced renaissance and later artists, and also intricate roman mosaics, magnificent tapestries, and the beautiful frescoes by Raphael that decorate the private rooms of the 16th century Popes. We will end our journey in the Sistine Chapel, where Popes are elected in secret at Conclave. Here we can examine in depth Michelangelo's famous Creation frescoes on the ceiling and the magnificent Last Judgement and its deep symbolism.