Some social media users have claimed that Michelangelo based his depictions of Jesus on Tommaso de’ Cavalieri.

She was referring to a figure in the right-hand corner of “The Last Judgement,” a legendary depiction of the second coming of ...

Our critic Margaret Carrigan goes through the 10 most famous works by Michelangelo. Which are the greatest? And which is the ...

An exhibition at London’s Royal Academy focuses on a time when the three Renaissance artists were all in Florence, developing ...

The Italian master's The Last Judgement is a fresco painting that covers the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in ...

A "hidden message" has been discovered in one of Michelangelo's most famous artworks centuries later. In what seems straight out of Dan Brown's blockbuster 2003 novel The Da Vinci code ...

Another powerful sign of the Michelangelo phenomenon is that you feel closer to your ideal self. In some cases, people report ...

Measuring 45 feet by 40 feet, it was painted onto the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City by Italian artist Michelangelo between 1536 and 1541. The masterpiece shows several ...

Here are five Renaissance masterpieces among the 160 drawings on display now at Buckingham Palace, celebrating the art of ...

Thomas A. Walters, a renowned art historian and professor, releases Michelangelo and the Apocalypse: The End Time Codes ...

Adrien Brody suffers and Guy Pearce seethes in this epic showdown between a passionate architect and his flaky patron, ...

Researchers have claimed that Christ disciple Mary Magdalene may have been hiding in plain sight in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel masterpiece for nearly 500 years. The sneaky figure’s identity ...