Michelangelo became a hard-nosed businessman and by the time of his death had become one of the wealthiest men in Italy. In 1507 his friend, Agnolo Doni, ordered a beautiful portrait of the Holy ...

The long correspondence between Michelangelo and Vasari suggests that we can only strive to acknowledge, as these artists do not, the compromises we make. The novel’s mystery portrait ...

Leonardo and Michelangelo, duking it out for Renaissance commissions, became bitter rivals, but why did their beef begin?

Other Renaissance works of art such as Michelangelo’s David reference ... of portraiture in the Renaissance has a two-fold nature. Portraits reflected the values of Renaissance humanism ...

Victor Coonin, a professor of Italian Renaissance art at Rhodes College ... The Pan statue, Çam said, also resembles Michelangelo's titanic portrait of David. Each stands in almost the same ...

such as Michelangelo’s masterful portrayal of David. The art historical term ‘Northern Renaissance’ covers a broader area than Italy, spanning areas north of Italy, predominantly the ...

Just 21 years old but learning fast – especially from Michelangelo. He was winning portrait commissions ... A new exhibition, Drawing the Italian Renaissance, at the Queen’s Gallery (admission ...