An international team of experts has discovered that one of the figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, adorned with ...

In 1508 he began. The art of fresco was infamous for separating the great from the merely good. Michelangelo employed assistants for the most demanding work but sometimes would have to destroy a ...

A diverse team of experts is arguing that Michelangelo painted one woman in the Sistine Chapel with breast cancer, for ...

Every year, millions of visitors flock to the Sistine Chapel to admire the frescoes painted by Michelangelo during the Renaissance. The frescoes on the ceiling of the building depict various scenes ...

In 1504, three huge figures of the Renaissance era found themselves in Florence, then a city in turmoil. A fascinating new ...

where art is studied through a medical lens to supplement understanding of health issues at the time. Researchers have ...

A deep dive into two London shows bringing together key works of the movement, and a spectacular series of tapestries depicting the Battle of Pavia on view in San Francisco ...

The fact modern doctors can recognize it reveals Michelangelo’s extraordinary capacity for and dedication to anatomical accuracy.

Originally set to reopen this month, the new and improved museum is now anticipated to open in February to coincide with William & Mary’s Charter Day celebrations.

Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt, an art-history professor at New York University, took a look and thought it was made by Michelangelo himself, perhaps one of his early works. Other scholars were ...

A ceiling panel from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel on display. Photo by John McCarten A cornerstone work of High Renaissance art, the exhibition features the artist’s 34 frescoes reproduced ...