The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo Tourists visiting the chapel don’t get long to wonder at the wall where The Last Judgement is painted or at the ceiling frescoes depicting the ...

A recently excavated house contains at least four paintings including an artistic depiction of copulation between a satyr and a nymph.

Archaeologists in Pompeii uncovered an ancient tiny home filled with elaborate artwork that has remained largely intact for ...

Led by forensic pathologist Andreas G. Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo's fresco "The Flood" in the Sistine Chapel portrays ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny house in Pompeii that is filled with elaborate – and sometimes erotic – frescoes, further revealing the ornate way in which Romans decorated their homes.