Twenty-five drawings in all media make Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane the most important Michelangelo show seen in the U.S. in decades. The Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary ...

German art historian Frank Zöllner expresses serious doubts over the legitimacy of the recently unveiled ‘Rothschild Bronzes’ attributed to Michelangelo (see Michelangelo’s Only Surviving Bronzes ...

On Feb. 12, 1564, sculptor Daniele da Volterra stopped by the studio of Michelangelo and found him working on a block of Carrara marble. The sculpture, which depicts Mary and Jesus and is known as the ...

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 ...

THE DAILY PIC (#1501): So yesterday morning, the 1,500th edition of this column featured a High Renaissance miracle by Raphael … and then within an hour or two I’d received this amazing photograph of ...

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue’s ...

A long-missing Michelangelo sketch for the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, possibly his last design before his death, has been discovered in the basilica’s offices, the Vatican newspaper said Thursday.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition is kicking off Friday at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. The immersive experience will show off the art in a unique way, without ...

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 ...

Complete with cracks, staining and other imperfections, a 3D printed copy of Michelangelo’s sculptural masterpiece David aims to be the most faithful replica of the statue ever made. The 17-foot copy ...

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