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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Led by forensic pathologist Andreas G. Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo's fresco "The Flood" in the Sistine Chapel portrays ...

In his works, Michelangelo investigated his subjects, interested in what makes them profound or beautiful, and invited the viewers of his work into that process. The Ludovisi Pan is not the work ...

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

The 1m-high (3.2ft) works depict two muscular male nudes riding on panthers. In 2002 they were sold by Sotheby's for £1,821,650, but if the Michelangelo evidence is accepted they could be worth ...