The frescoes on the ceiling can be divided into eleven transversal sections: nine bays as well as the spandrels and pendentives over the entry door and the altar, respectively.

When he frescoed the vault of the chapel, Michelangelo started from the area near the entrance wall and proceeded towards the altar, thus the order in which the biblical scenes (and the lunettes) were painted is the reverse of that of the chronological sequence of both the Genesis and the ancestors of Christ. We present here these sections starting from the entrance wall.

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	Frescoes above the entrance wall 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1589*570 True Color 174 Kb
	The first bay of the ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1979*602 True Color 214 Kb
	The second bay of the ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1986*430 True Color 180 Kb
	The third bay of the ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1793*500 True Color 190 Kb
	The fourth bay of the ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	2147*430 True Color 195 Kb
	The fifth bay of the ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1738*520 True Color 167 Kb
	The sixth bay of the ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1981*450 True Color 167 Kb
	The seventh bay of the ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1879*470 True Color 162 Kb
	The eighth bay of the ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	2011*450 True Color 164 Kb
	The ninth bay of the ceiling 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1726*510 True Color 163 Kb
	Frescoes above the altar wall 1508-12 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican	1665*530 True Color 172 Kb