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 ...
In 1504, three huge figures of the Renaissance era found themselves in Florence, then a city in turmoil. A fascinating new ...
Michelangelo was no stranger to death and disease. Unlike many contemporary artists who honed their craft by studying living ...
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.
He mimics Michelangelo’s ... dark room beside the Ribalta images stands a towering sculpture called “The Cellist” by ...
Microsoft teams with the Vatican and French startup Iconem to create an intricately detailed digital twin of St. Peter’s ...
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.