Aesthetics of Painting

You have never left Boston before, so when discussing art with you, you may come up with some superficial arguments from art books about Michelangelo. You know a lot about him, his political aspirations, his relationship with the Pope, his sexual orientation, all his works, right? But you don’t know the smell of the Sistine Chapel, you’ve never stood there looking up at the beautiful ceiling, I’ve seen it.