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

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

The Sistine Chapel – Cappella Sistina in Italian – is known for the stunning frescoes that decorate its ceiling, which were painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. Despite their ...

Famed artist Michelangelo Buonarroti began work on the daunting project in 1508 by order of Pope Julius II, intending to only ...

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

Renaissance figure Michelangelo may have depicted a woman suffering from breast cancer in a famous fresco of a biblical flood ...

A fleet of marble-sculpting robots is carving out the future of the art world. It's a move some artists see as cheating, but ...

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

Some artists are turning to advanced robots for help sculpting masterpieces, even as others decry robots as cheating that ...

Famed artist Michelangelo Buonarroti began work on the daunting project in 1508 by order of Pope Julius II, intending to only paint the 12 Apostles. Instead, four years later, more than 300 ...