Transcendence

I wonder if we could create the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel today. We have the paints, and we certainly have the craftspeople. All of what was known to Michelangelo is known to us, as far as technique is concerned. We could create the physical artifact of paint on wood. But it would not be the Sistine Chapel. There is an element of human transcendence that permeates the Sistine Chapel. The…