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?

An international team of experts has discovered that one of the figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, adorned with ...

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

Michelangelo employed assistants for the most demanding work but sometimes would have to destroy a whole week's work and start again due to plaster drying or other imperfections. Drawing on his ...

The Renaissance rivals Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael vied for the attention of wealthy Italian patrons during the early ...

Show at the King's Gallery features an 'enormous cache' of works by the likes of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael ...

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A calculated flaw in perfection. New research suggests that Renaissance master artist Michelangelo Buonarroti had etched a ...

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 ...

Since the days of Michelangelo, artists have employed teams of apprentices who work behind the scenes on what's called the "rough cut," knocking the edges off huge blocks of marble in preparation ...

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