A diverse team of experts is arguing that Michelangelo painted one woman in the Sistine Chapel with breast cancer, for ...

Famed artist Michelangelo Buonarroti began ... painted with “The Flood,” which includes the image of a young woman wrapped in ...

The fact modern doctors can recognize it reveals Michelangelo’s extraordinary capacity for and dedication to anatomical accuracy.

Michelangelo was no stranger to death and disease. Unlike many contemporary artists who honed their craft by studying living ...

where art is studied through a medical lens to supplement understanding of health issues at the time. Researchers have ...

In 1504, three huge figures of the Renaissance era found themselves in Florence, then a city in turmoil. A fascinating new ...

and art history. The Renaissance painter’s frescos depict scenes from the book of Genesis (Getty) The research team said it formed the view of Michelangelo’s depiction after comparing breasts ...

A hidden detail in Michelangelo’s "The Flood" may reveal a woman with breast cancer, adding a shocking twist to the iconic Sistine Chapel masterpiece.

There's something eternally fascinating about the art of sculpture, more so when it depicts the human form. Michelangelo, for ...

The Royal Academy's new exhibition spotlights the fierce rivalry and mutual influence between Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and a young Raphael in Florence around 1504.

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 ...

The end result is an exhibition that feels like an emotional rollercoaster, reflecting the highs, lows and plateaus of life ...