A new exhibition opening next month at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia, explores the Italian ...

If you have ever dreamed of seeing the Sistine Chapel for yourself but are unable to travel to Vatican City, Edinburgh is ...

EDINBURGH boasts a hidden gem often likened to the Sistine Chapel, offering visitors a breathtaking view of floor-to-ceiling ...

During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, only 50 of which survive today. In March, a rare roundup of these sketches ...

Vatican City, Rome Meanwhile ... fresco was censored The Last Judgement was painted 25 years after the Sistine Chapel ceiling, by which time Michelangelo was 60. A sense of his own mortality ...

Visitors holding umbrellas featuring Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican stand ...

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

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.

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 ...