Can you really appreciate the Sistine Chapel from a photo?

I suppose you might think so if you've never seen it in person. But for those who have, you know there's just something transcendent about it. Staring at the ceiling, imagining Michelangelo himself painting it. The mastery, detail and dedication it took to do. The story each panel tells makes the experience even better. Then there's the chapel itself, so rich in history. All together, the history, context and purpose make it so much more than a painting. Yeah, you can see it in a picture. But you really haven't seen it until you've walked beneath it. You can't understand it's purpose outside of it's painter. You can't grasp it's significance until you know it's story. It's the relationship of them all together that make it The Sistine Chapel.

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