A London exhibition shows how the three painters circled one another as rivals and role models in 16th-century Florence.

A new study by the University of Paris-Saclay suggests that the scene of ‘The Flood’ in the Sistine Chapel frescoes depicts a ...

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

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

The painting is part of a series of frescoes that cover the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

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

A team of researchers has spotted signs on a bare-chested woman in the painting on the biblical flood in the Sisten Chapel that appear to show had breast cancer ...

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

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

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

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.

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.