From reproductions, we remember a diagram of proportions and measurements: the nude in superimposed positions, arms and legs doubled, within a square and circle — symbolising earth and heaven, man ...

Brian Chesky is hoping to take the company to new heights with a major rebrand. “Basically,” he says, “it’s the Airbnb of ...

Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, is home to some of the most spectacular art and architecture in Europe. The ...

Sylvia Poggioli has covered several papal conclaves and the Vatican for decades. For this week's reporter's notebook, she reflects on what it's like to cover one of the most secretive institutions in ...

Artists have captured the hidden world of papal elections for centuries, turning secrecy into spectacle for the public.

This is Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, a painting recently attributed to Michelangelo ... in his work, as well as his personal life. Caravaggio’s father was a well-known architect in Milan, but ...

In the many different arts he pursued—sculpture, architecture, painting, even playwriting—his works expressed ideas ... V's comparison of Bernini to Michelangelo was another notion that ...

Whether you’re Catholic or not, it’s hard to argue with the fact that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is an amazing feat of architecture and art ... and religious objects, including works by Michelangelo ...

The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but the life of this Renaissance genius is less well known.

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...