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Born 550 years ago, Michelangelo couldn't keep himself out of the art world news headlines this year, so what's he been up to?
Leonardo and Michelangelo, duking it out for Renaissance commissions, became bitter rivals, but why did their beef begin?
An exhibition featuring original drawings by Michelangelo will go on display March 6 at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary.
Work on the grandiose tomb was stalled however, partly due to Michelangelo's undertaking of the Sistine Chapel, and the project's scale was gradually reduced to a wall tomb, housed in its current ...
Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of stubby horns. Michelangelo wasn’t the first artist to depict ...
Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle Museum of Art.
Take, for example, the famous statue of Moses by Michelangelo. He was commissioned to sculpt this sculpture and used the common understanding of his day.
A diverse team of experts is arguing that Michelangelo painted one woman in the Sistine Chapel with breast cancer, for symbolic reasons.
Art History The Earliest Drawing by Michelangelo Just Hit the Market Five years since experts finally agreed it's a Michelangelo, the sketch is at last up for grabs.
Michelangelo is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant and iconic artists from the Renaissance period. From his paintings to his sculptures, they are all loved, appreciated, and admired by people ...