When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...
The Torment of Saint Anthony is the earliest surviving work attributed to Michelangelo, painted by him in 1487 or 1488 when ...
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 ...
Michelangelo remarked of his Venetian colleague, “it was a shame that in Venice they did not learn to draw well.” ...
Michelangelo for all his immense fame isn’t the most immediately lovable of artists. People crowd to stare in awe at his iconic statue David and mega-fresco The Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel, ...
A newly rediscovered drawing of a foot created by Michelangelo has just been auctioned off, fetching an eight-figure price ...
A recently discovered Michelangelo drawing tied to the Sistine Chapel has sold at auction for $27.2 million, shattering its ...
A painting believed to be a lost work of Renaissance master Michelangelo is believed to have been rediscovered — and then, just as quickly, disappeared again. A Belgian pastor says the 16th Century ...