On Sept. 8, 1504, Michelangelo’s towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy. The 17-foot-tall, 12,000-pound statue carved from a single block of white Italian ...

On March 6, 1475, in the Tuscan town of Caprese, in Italy, a child was born who would become one of history's most celebrated ...

One of the most famous artists of all time, Renaissance master Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is known for many things: his decoration of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel (which is currently ...

Visitors to the Eternal City can add a decidedly 21st-century attraction to their list of must-see Roman tourist attractions. Just down the street from the famed Vatican Museums, within view of St.

Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) burned his drawings by the bushel for many reasons, including a desire to prevent imitators from ripping off his ideas, and to assert the primacy of his finished ...

The American Jewish writer Irving Stone (born Tannenbaum) aptly titled his 1961 novel about Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings “The Agony and the Ecstasy.” For centuries, ecstatic ...

Mark Russo, CEO of MFAC and Treasure Investments, along with President Jason Dilling, Unveil Michelangelo’s Fine Art Collection in Precious Metals at the Family Office Super Summit and The Sagamore ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti, “Cartoon with a Group of Soldiers for the Crucifixion of Saint Peter” (1542–46), black chalk and charcoal, 8 feet, 7 9/16 inches × 61 7/16 inches, Museo Nazionale di ...

In one of the most recognizable and reproduced images ever created, a reclining Adam reaches out for the extended arm of his hovering God, who is enveloped in a crimson robe and surrounded by ...

Beginning May 4, 2024, Akron Art Museum will present Michelangelo Lovelace: Art Saved My Life, the first museum retrospective devoted to the artistic career of the late Michelangelo Lovelace ...

The artist's latest exhibition, "To Step Beyond" at New York's Lévy Gorvy Dayan, showcases his restless and relentless examination of the Arte Povera tension between techné and nature. An installation ...