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

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’s Sistine Chapel The Exhibition” is an immersive art experience that reproduces the frescoes that adorn the ...

and audio guides will be made available to rent so that users can further immerse themselves in the experience. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition is the brainchild of SEE ...

If you're feeling intimidated by the experience ... Since talking isn’t allowed in the Sistine Chapel, the guide explained Michelangelo’s frescoes at the beginning of the tour.

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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 ...

Art lovers will be able to experience Michelangelo's genius up close at an exhibition ... which allows visitors to view the Florentine master's Sistine Chapel frescos at ground level.

The Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary will transport visitors to Renaissance Italy and commemorate the 550th anniversary of Michelangelo’s birth with “Michelangelo: The ...

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

and audio guides will be made available to rent so that users can further immerse themselves in the experience. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition is the brainchild of SEE ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis baptized 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the ...