Michelangelo Buonarroti wasn’t a great painter, per his own admission, especially compared to his contemporaries and students ...

William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art presents an illuminating exhibition of the Renaissance master’s drawings for the ...

The Vatican Museums' Laocoön and His Sons is long considered an exemplar of Hellenistic artistry—but what if it was actually ...

In 1507 his friend, Agnolo Doni, ordered a beautiful portrait of the Holy Family. Michelangelo used especially vibrant colours to achieve both complex perspective and an unusually touching intimacy.

A rare collection of sketches by Michelangelo, made in preparation for painting the Vatican's Sistine Chapel ceiling, is on display in the United States. The Muscarelle Museum of Art at the ...

Michelangelo’s “Self-portrait in the act of painting the Sistine ceiling with autograph sonnet,” on loan from the archive at the Casa Buonarroti museum, Florence. (Courtesy of the Muscarelle ...