The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo, sculttore”, was also, in spite of himself, a painter. Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum ...

A few feet away, a pen-and-ink study of the Virgin and Child by Raphael – who arrived in Florence around 1504 – replicates ...

The Renaissance master, born 550 years ago, pursued various art forms with astonishing vision and relentless drive.

With its implication that the young woman isn’t as chaste as she should be, the marriage-prospect-derailing portrait triggers ducal panic and the deployment of the city-state’s best investigative ...

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 ...

The Sistine Chapel restoration brought new beauty and wonder to a Renaissance classic. It also brought a chorus of howling ...

She said the statue was created by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Renaissance master who painted the Sistine Chapel and etched David out of marble before his 1564 death. She learned this from her ...

The film discusses key artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, showcasing their contributions to portraiture and the depiction of man as the master of his own destiny. The Renaissance is ...