A red chalk sketch for the Sistine ceiling fetched an eye-popping sum at auction, reflecting the artist’s lifelong belief ...

(The Conversation) — Michelangelo’s fresco of “The Last Judgment,” covering the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel ...

Restoration work on Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment” is bringing renewed focus to its symbolism, mythological references ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 8, 1504, Michelangelo’s towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy. The 17-foot-tall, ...

Michelangelo was one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, revered for masterpieces like the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the statue of David. But early in his career Michelangelo was involved in ...

On March 6, 1475, in the Tuscan town of Caprese, in Italy, a child was born who would become one of history's most celebrated ...

One of the most famous artists of all time, Renaissance master Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is known for many things: his decoration of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel (which is currently ...

PARIS, France (CBS Newspath/Reuters/WKRC) - A previously unknown drawing by Michelangelo will be offered for sale by Christie's that they expect to fetch 30 million pounds ($39.48 million), the ...

For a new study published in the September 2021 issue of the Czech Republic-based journal Anthropologie, researchers at the Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology, and Bioarchaeology Research Center in ...