Could Michelangelo have depicted breast cancer in one of his famous frescoes? Every year, millions of visitors flock to the Sistine Chapel to admire the frescoes painted by Michelangelo during the ...

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

It’s been half a millennium since Michelangelo finished painting the cavernous Sistine Chapel. Experts are still discovering hidden symbolism throughout his handiwork. Their latest revelation?

Michelangelo was appalled. He knew nothing about frescoes, and the ceiling spanned more than 3,200 square feet. He was convinced his enemies had recommended him for a job he could never complete.

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

Recent studies show that some characters in the Sistine Chapel frescoes may show signs of illness: what does that mean?

Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo's fresco "The Flood" in the Sistine Chapel portrays a young woman exhibiting signs ...

The Renaissance artist Michelangelo had carried out human dissections, which may have led him to include women with breast cancer in some of his pieces ...

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

Michelangelo was born near Florence and began ... Other women with exposed breasts found in other frescoes do not have the dimpling or bulging found on the blue-cloaked woman.