The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo, sculttore”, was also, in spite of himself, a painter. Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum ...

However, a new exhibition opening today (2 May) at London's British Museum aims to shed light on a lesser-known period: his final ... for The Last Judgement, this is perhaps the Michelangelo ...

The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo, sculttore”, was also, in spite of himself, a painter. Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum, in ...