Art fraud was a common occurrence in the Italian Renaissance. Even a young Michelangelo took part in such a scheme, long ...

A monument of art history both literally and figuratively, it is undoubtedly the world's most famous sculpture ...

“Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine,” a revelatory research exhibition at William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art, lets us peek behind the artist’s curtain. Read the review ...

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 artists: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. Renowned for ...

Michelangelo was hardly interested in formal education but eagerly communicated with artists and copied artworks. At the age of 13, he started studying at the workshop of a prominent Florentine ...

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 ...

Art review. SMK Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, presents the most comprehensive exhibition of sculpture by ...

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 ...

A celebrity during his lifetime, between 1475 and 1564, Michelangelo had fans who worshipped him as an artist, and his aesthetic influence extends to this day. Michelangelo Buonarroti's "Study for ...