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WEBSITE.
WEBSITE. THEY ARE AMAZING.
>>> THE ARTWORK DONE BY
MICHELANGELO ON THE CEILING OF
THE SISTINE CHAPEL IN THE
VATICAN CITY IS ONE OF THE
GREATEST ART ACHIEVEMENTS OF
ALL TIME.
ALL TIME.
ALL TIME. NOW YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET AN
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL LOOK AT
THE ART PIECES.
WE STOPPED BY THE SISTINE
CHAPEL EXHIBIT AT THE
CORINTHIAN IN HOUSTON.
>> Reporter: THIS IS AN ANGELIC
SPACE.
SPACE.
SPACE. MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER GET THE
CHANCE OF SEEING THE SISTINE
CHAPEL.
CHAPEL.
CHAPEL. WHAT WENT INTO THE THOUGHT
PROCESS OF BRINGING THIS HERE?
>> IT IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
EXHIBIT FOR MOST PEOPLE.
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BE
BROUGHT TO HOUSTON WAS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY.
OPPORTUNITY. THERE IS SO MANY PEOPLE THAT
WILL NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND TO THE
SISTINE CHAPEL AND SEE THIS
EXHIBIT.
EXHIBIT.
EXHIBIT. WE THOUGHT IT WAS NICE TO BE
ABLE TO BRING IT TO HOUSTON AND
SHARE WITH IT THE HOUSTONIANS.
>> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF FAMOUS
ONES.
ONES.
ONES. BUT
ONES. BUT YOU HAVE MORE THAN THAT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> WE HAVE 34 LIFE-SIZE PIECES
OF THE SERIES.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF 43.
34 OF THOSE ARE HERE.
IT IS LIKE THEY WERE PAINTED IN
THIS SPACE.
THIS SPACE. >> Reporter: TELL US ABOUT THE
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. PEOPLE GET HERE AND THEY CAN
TAKE THEIR TIME THROUGH THIS
EXHIBIT.
EXHIBIT.
EXHIBIT. >> THEY CAN.
PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALLOWED.
WE HAVE ARRANGED COMFORTABLE
SEATING FOR PEOPLE SO THEY CAN
SIT AND MEDITATE AND TAKE THE
EXHIBIT IN.
EXHIBIT IN. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE SHARE THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN TO THE SISTINE
CHAPEL WHERE THEY CAN NOT TAKE
PHOTOGRAPHS.
PHOTOGRAPHS. THEY PUSH 25,000 PEOPLE A DAY
THROUGH THERE.
THROUGH THERE. PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SIT AND
ENJOY IT HERE AND TAKE IN THE
ART.
ART.
ART. >>
ART. >> THEY ALSO GET TO HEAR
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. >> THAT IS CORRECT.
THE MUSIC DESIGNED TO GO ALONG
WITH THE EXHIBIT IS PROFOUND.
>> THESE ARE CONSIDERED SOME OF
THE BEST ARTWORKS OF ALL TIME.
>> THAT IS TRUE.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE,
THIS IS AFTER THE RESTORATION
THAT THEY COMPLETED A FEW YEARS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. THE
AGO. THE COLORS IN THESE PIECES ARE
VIBRANT.
VIBRANT.
VIBRANT. THE FACT THEY ARE TO-SCALE IS
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
AMAZING. >> LEADING MORE TO WHAT THE
EXPERIENCE IS LIKE IF YOU ARE
REALLY THERE.
REALLY THERE. YOU ARE LOOKING AT PIECES THAT
LASTED THE TEST OF TIME.
THEY ARE OVER 500 YEARS OLD.
I LOVE THAT IT SEEMS TO BE IN A
PERFECT PLACE.
PERFECT PLACE. THIS BUILDING IS AMAZING.
IT FITS THE EXHIBIT PERFECTLY.
>> THE PRODUCERS OF THE ARTWORK
IS SCE OUT OF CALIFORNIA, WHEN
THEY SAW PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE
BUILDING THEY WERE THRILLED.
IF THEY HAD SAT DOWN TO DESIGN
A SPACE TO SHOWCASE THIS, THIS
IS THE ONLY PLACE ACROSS THE
GLOBE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO SHOWCASE THIS ART LIKE THIS.
THIS IS CORINTHIAN HOUSTON.
IT IS IN THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK BUILDING.
BANK BUILDING. WHICH IS A HISTORICAL BUILDING.
IT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1905 AND
1921.
1921.
1921. COLUMNS AND PLASTER WORK IN THE
CEILING AND ALL IS ALL ORIGINAL
TO THE BUILDING.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE CEILING.
WHEN YOU WALK IN THE EXHIBIT
TAKES PLACE ON THE CEILING.
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. GENESIS SERIES, WHICH THERE IS
NINE IN THE SERIES.
IT IS PERFECTLY LAID OUT IN THE
CEILING WITH BACK LIGHTING THAT
IS NATURAL TO THE BUILDING.
>> THIS IS ALSO AN EVENT SPACE.
I'M GOING TO WALK OVER HERE AND
TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CAN MAKE
THE EXPERIENCE BIGGER FOR THEM
PERSONALLY OR THEIR FAMILY.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JIM AND JEFF ARE WITH JIM
BENTON CATERING OF HOUSTON.
IT IS SO COOL TO COME TO THIS
EXHIBIT ALONE, WHICH IS A LOT
OF PEOPLE GET WHEN THEY COME.
THEY SEE IT AND THEN GO EAT
SOME PLACE ELSE.
HERE YOU CAN DRINK AND EAT.
>> HONESTLY, THIS IS, FOR MOST
PEOPLE, A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY.
OPPORTUNITY. IT IS PROBABLY NOT COMING BACK
TO HOUSTON.
TO HOUSTON. >> YOU ARE NOT GOING TO THE
SISTINE CHAPEL AND HAVING FOOD.
>> SISTINE CHAPEL YOU CAN'T
TALK, YOU CAN'T EAT, YOU CAN'T
PHOTOGRAPH AND I'M SURE THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS
YOU CANNOT DO.
>> A FRIEND OF MINE WITH FROST
BANK SAID THEY WERE HAVING AN
EVENT HERE.
EVENT HERE. IT WAS SO COOL TO EXPOSE THEIR
CLIENTS TO THAT.
THEY SAID THE THING THAT WAS SO
NICE WAS YOU COULD STAY AWHILE
AND MINGLE AND EAT.
YOU CAN PROVIDE ANYTHING PEOPLE
WANT.
WANT.
WANT. >>
WANT. >> THEY HAD 200 PEOPLE THAT
EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. IT WAS A SIP AND STROLL.
THEY WENT AND GOT FOOD PRODUCTS
FROM THE ANTIPASTA STATION.
WE HAD WAITERS PASSING OUT FOOD
ON THE FLOOR.
IT GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GRASP AND TAKE IN THE
ADVENTURE.
ADVENTURE. >> PEOPLE CAN BE CREATIVE AS
THEY WANT TO BE.
THEY CAN HAVE ANY EVENT HERE.
>> WE CAN DO A PASTA STATION TO
A SEATED DINNER AS WELL AS A
BUFFET.
BUFFET.
BUFFET. WE CAN DO HIGH TEA, A BREAKFAST
BRUNCH, WHATEVER YOU NEED.
>> WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THIS
SPACE IS AS CATERERS, YOU ARE
ASKED TO DECORATE.
BUT HERE IT IS DECORATED FOR
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> BUT WE ALSO DO THAT, TOO.
>> THE THING OUR CLIENTS TELL
US OVER AND OVER, OVER THE 30
YEARS WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS,
IS WE ARE ABLE TO COORDINATE
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. IT IS A ONE-STOP-SHOP FOR ALL
THE BUSY PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE
SIX MONTHS.
SIX MONTHS. WE DON'T HAVE SIX MONTHS.
THIS WILL LEAVE MID AUGUST OR
SO.
SO.
SO. >>
SO. >> I
SO. >> I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING.
I MISSED COMMUNION LAST WEEK.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU COULD
CRACK THAT OPEN FOR ME.
YOU HAVE A CREAKER AND THE
WHOLE BIT.
WHOLE BIT. >> THEY ARE GLUTEN-FREE.
>> THAT WILL BE GOOD, TOO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ONE OF THE
HISTORICAL PLACES IN HOUSTON
AND MAKING IT A MUCH MORE
AMAZING PLACE TO DO SOMETHING
IN.
IN.
IN. >>
IN. >> COME JOIN US ONE NIGHT.
>> I WILL COME JOIN YOU.
>> MICHELANGELO'S SISTINE
CHAPEL EXHIBITION IS OPENED NOW
THROUGH AUGUST 16TH AT THE
CORINTHIAN DOWNTOWN.
CORINTHIAN DOWNTOWN. GET $15 OFF YOUR TICKET USING
THE PROMO CODE OFF THE "GREAT
DAY HOUSTON" WEBSITE.
>>> AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL GIVE
YOU SOMETHING FUN FOR YOUR KIDS
TO DO.
TO DO.
TO DO. IT
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