The Sistine Chapel is one of the Catholic Church's most sacred sites. It was painted by Michelangelo over four years in the High Renaissance style, but ho ...

Michelangelo’s catalyst was ambition. It was the through-line of his life, from his earliest days to his last: the drive to be the best, to surpass all others living and dead, and to be ...

Standing tall under a glass ceiling and bathed in the bright springtime light, Michelangelo’s most famous subject casts a strong figure. There’s motion in David’s pose and an exaggerated humanity in ...

Among them, The Creation of Adam stands out, depicting the poignant moment of God's touch giving life to man. Michelangelo's letters from that period revealed how the extreme physical strain ...

William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art presents an illuminating exhibition of the Renaissance master’s drawings for the Sistine Chapel ceiling and ‘The Last Judgment.’ ...

The SMK in Copenhagen couldn’t move the Italian artist’s sculptures, so it’s showing reproductions in the show “Michelangelo Imperfect,” including a new set of ‘identical’ 3D-printed works made by ...

and other materials meant to provide a better understanding of how Michelangelo created what is arguably his most famous piece of art. There are also life-size reproductions of the Sistine Chapel ...

that illuminate the life and work of a singular artistic genius. Thursday, March 6, marked the 550th anniversary of the birth of Michelangelo Buonarroti. He won’t be blowing out any candles ...