The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly ...

The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last of the restored Raphael Rooms, the reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace ...

Greek mythology sparked the Renaissance, transforming art from religious instruction to profound explorations of human ...

Pope Sixtus IV was an art patron who oversaw the construction and restoration of the main papal chapel - originally called the Cappella Magna - in the 15th century. Image: Michelangelo's fresco La ...

It is High Renaissance in style, and home to frescoes that make the chapel an art history class unto itself, with work by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Sandro Botticelli, and Cosimo Rosselli, not to ...

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election since 1492 with only five exceptions, and it is preparing to once again host the conclave. Tuesday, June 24, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...

In the field of art, Pope Sixtus IV commanded several Renaissance artists, such as Perugino, Botticelli, Pinturicchio, etc., to paint in the Sistine Chapel. They painted frescoes about the Scenes from ...

Cardinals from around the world line up in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on March 12, 2013, to take their oaths at the beginning of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with art historian Kim Butler about the artwork that adorns the walls of the Sistine Chapel and its significance ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope.