Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.

the Pope really needed someone to paint the entire ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was appalled. He knew nothing about frescoes, and the ceiling spanned more than 3,200 square feet.

Callaway Arts and Entertainment took hundreds of thousands of photos of the Sistine Chapel’s frescoes over two months, and it has now published them in life size in a three-volume book weighing ...

Italy's frescoes provide unique insights into cultural, religious, and intellectual history, showcasing the nation's artistic ...

“Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel The Exhibition” is an immersive art experience that reproduces the frescoes that adorn the ...

Using innovative technology, the exhibition will transport visitors to the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel by recreating the 16th century artist’s famous ceiling frescoes in life-size glory.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis baptized 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the ...

Other famous Italian frescoes include Michelangelo's decoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, inside the Vatican, and Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, painted on the wall of the Santa Maria ...

The Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary will transport visitors to Renaissance Italy and commemorate the 550th anniversary of Michelangelo’s birth with “Michelangelo: The ...

During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, ...

Using innovative technology, the exhibition will transport visitors to the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel by recreating the 16th century artist’s famous ceiling frescoes in life-size glory.