Florence's new Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze e Musei del Bargello brings seven local institutions together—and has a ...

Michelangelo's early painting was attributed to the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio for centuries until a cleaning revealed ...

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 ...

Before the Sistine Chapel ceiling, before the David, before any of the masterworks that would make him a legend, a preteen ...

Most of the sculptures of Renaissance master Michelangelo can't travel for shows, so the Madrid-based studio Factum Arte made meticulous 3D-printed and cast reproductions for a new exhibition. - Oak ...

Hanging on the palatial red walls on the second floor of the Muscarelle Museum of Art are some of Michelangelo’s most rare and precious drawings. Sketches upon sketches glimmer under the subdued light ...

In 1554, the Italian chronicler Giorgio Vasari wrote to Michelangelo entreating the 79-year-old to return to his native Florence from Rome, where the artist had lived for the past four decades. “I ...

Did Michelangelo embed forbidden messages in the frescoes of the famous ceiling? April 28, 2008— -- For centuries, people of all faiths have come to Rome and the Sistine Chapel to stare up at its ...

Michelangelo’s artistic masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel broke new ground in portraying the dynamic creative acts of God, but his work also depicts the combined importance of men and women through ...

Complete with cracks, staining and other imperfections, a 3D printed copy of Michelangelo’s sculptural masterpiece David aims to be the most faithful replica of the statue ever made. The 17-foot copy ...

One of the few drawings by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo still in private hands is on view this week at Christie’s Dubai, ahead of its auction at Christie’s New York in February. The drawing ...

Michelangelo’s famous statue of the biblical figure David is at risk of collapse due to the weakening of the artwork’s legs and ankles, according to a report published this week by art experts. The ...