In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

Painted by the greatest Renaissance artists, the works of the Sistine Chapel speak to consciences ... the dynamic creative acts of God, art historian Elizabeth Lev said.

DETROW: Quite the scene - here to take us through the Sistine Chapel's art and its significance to the conclave is American University Renaissance art professor Kim Butler. Thanks for joining us.

Frescoes by respected and other renowned Renaissance ... of painting the ceilings and vaults in only four years, finishing in 1512, according to the Musei Vaticani. The Sistine Chapel was used ...

There, they will sit beneath the ceilings of Michelangelo's paintings of creation ... through hallways painted with Renaissance frescoes to the Sistine Chapel. GAGLIANO: Behind the window ...