Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, ...

Fra Giovanni del Papa, the famous Franciscan tenor of the Sistine Chapel, and monk of Ara Coeli, is dead. He has been singing a great deal in all the church festas this season. View Full Article ...

Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.

Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

Michelangelo's iconic Sistine Chapel fresco "The Flood" might depict ... signs of the disease in a female figure featured in the famous artwork, which was painted between 1508 and 1512.

The Sistine Chapel just got a makeover. Vatican officials unveiled new state-of-the-art energy-efficient lighting and air purification systems to protect Michelangelo’s more than 500-year old ...

Attractions encompass the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums, making this city-state so immense (and notoriously crowded) that guided Vatican tours are highly recommended.

Pope Francis is set to feature in a documentary filmed in the Sistine Chapel about the universal power of pop culture and the performing arts, titled “Preacher of Beauty: A Spiritual Journey ...

Pope Francis Set for ‘Preacher of Beauty’ Doc, About Power of Pop Culture Artists, to Be Filmed in Sistine Chapel (EXCLUSIVE) Nick Vivarelli January 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM ...