In fifteen-oh-eight, Pope Julius the Second asked Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

Others find it frightening. But many people believe that the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the "Last Judgment" are the most famous works of art ever created.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

A planetarium is a theater with a rounded ceiling onto which images of the stars and planets are projected.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

The four levels of rooms center on a beautiful courtyard with a glass ceiling to let light shine in.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

His work covers over three hundred fifty square meters of ceiling in a room that contains treasures from ancient Greece.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

It had a high,sharply angled ceiling and many windows lining the walls of its one long,narrow room.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Someone who hits the ceiling, the top of the room, is violently angry.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

Barbara Klein tells us more. One of the first works in the "Common Threads" exhibit looks like glowing orange cave formations coming out of the floor and ceiling.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

And also places an overall ceiling on the number of warheads that can be deployed on those systems.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08