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Why is there so much nudity in the works of the Sistine Chapel?.

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The Papal Master of Ceremonies, Biagio da Cesena, deemed the fresco outrageous, and more suitable for public baths or taverns than a chapel. “…. it was mostly disgraceful that in so sacred a place there should have been depicted all those n#de figures, exposing themselves so shamefully”.