The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...

The Italian master destroyed many of his drawings, intended for his eyes only, Muscarelle Museum of Art offers show of 25 ...

The Sistine Chapel can now be viewed from a whole new ... capturing everything from Michaelangelo's frescoes to the building's mosaic floor. Photographers used a 10-metre-high portable scaffold ...

The frescoes in the Sistine Chapel were arguably the greatest works of Renaisssance art. As his career escalated, Michelangelo became a hard-nosed businessman and by the time of his death had ...

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo Tourists visiting the chapel don’t get long to wonder at the wall where The Last Judgement is painted or at the ceiling frescoes depicting the ...

Other famous Italian frescoes include Michelangelo's decoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, inside the Vatican, and Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, painted on the wall of the Santa Maria ...

Curator and scholar Adriano Marinazzo demonstrates the scale of the life-size reproductions of Michelangelo’s frescoes at the Sistine Chapel, starting with “The Creation of Adam.” ...

Thursday, March 6, the Muscarelle Museum of Art unveiled its new exhibition, “Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine,” to the public. The exhibition celebrates Michelangelo’s famous paintings on the ...

The extraordinary is everywhere in the Eternal City, and the best thing about this second Sistine Chapel is that you won’t ...

Using innovative technology, the exhibition will transport visitors to the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel by recreating the 16th century artist’s famous ceiling frescoes in life-size glory.

In the afternoon, the cardinals walk to the Sistine Chapel-- with its iconic Michelangelo frescoes -- to start the voting process. The vote is held behind closed doors, and its secrecy is closely ...

Vatican City, the world's smallest country, is known for its iconic landmarks such as St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museums, and the Pope’s residence. Housing around 800 citizens, the country is ...