The Florentine artist spent four years painting the challenging chapel against his will, but would have much rather been sculpting - Lucas Schifres/Getty Images Contributor Michelangelo never wanted ...

Michelangelo unveils the Sistine Chapel ceiling, but the process prompts a crisis of faith. After four long years, Michelangelo finally unveils the completed Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Chapel's ...

Perhaps second only in fame to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Michelangelo's magnificent frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel opened to the public for the first time 500 years ago this week ...

Experts have identified a small study of a pointed foot made in red chalk as an original drawing by Michelangelo. The Italian Renaissance master sketched the appendage around 1511 or 1512 while ...

Get ready to witness one of the greatest artistic masterpieces in history — right here in Rhode Island! The Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition has come to the Warwick Mall, bringing the awe ...

A rare and previously unknown sketch by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo has gone on public display in Dubai this week ...

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one? Various books and research ...

In the beginning -- What is the Sistine Chapel? -- Lost language of art -- A rebel is born -- A very special education -- Out of the garden and into the world -- As fate would have it -- A private ...