In Michelangelo's painting "The Creation of Adam," reclining Adam, his left hand listlessly outstretched, awaits God's ...

Is there anything left to say about the Sistine Chapel? Adriano Marinazzo, the curator of the accompanying exhibition of the ...

The Renaissance master, born 550 years ago, pursued various art forms with astonishing vision and relentless drive.

Michelangelo Buonarroti wasn’t a great painter, per his own admission, especially compared to his contemporaries and students, Caravaggio and Raphael. He want ...

William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art presents an illuminating exhibition of the Renaissance master’s drawings for the ...

Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

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

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

Adam is depicted with distinctly European features—fair skin, —reflecting the aesthetics and ideals of Renaissance Italy rather than the historical realities of biblical Mesopotamia. Michelangelo, ...

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 ...

Since it was built in 1869, the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception has been the focal point of the University of Dayton. In terms of mission, spirituality, and campus geography, the chapel marks the ...

Installation view of Adriano Marinazzo’s 3D model projection “This is Not My Art,” spanning the Sistine Chapel ceiling and architecture (photo by Adriano Marinazzo, courtesy the Muscarelle ...