The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo’s Forbidden Messages in the Heart of t he Vatican

The Sistine Secrets tells the fascinating story of how Michelangelo embedded messages of brotherhood, tolerance, and freethinking in his Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco to encourage fellow travelers to challenge the repressive Roman Catholic Church of the time. All of this was hidden in plain view in one of the Vatican’s most sacred sites.

Millions flock to see this work every year, but what the public does not know is that the great artist encoded subversive, revolutionary ideas within the art. Relying on recent breakthroughs in our understanding of Michelangelo’s work and the uncovering of an underground movement of interfaith freethinkers and Kabbalists in Renaissance Florence, authors Blech and Doliner reveal the shocking nature of the Sistine Chapel ceiling’s many hidden messages.