William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art presents an illuminating exhibition of the Renaissance master’s drawings for the Sistine Chapel ceiling and ‘The Last Judgment.’ ...

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

Matthias Wivel says that restoration work has proved that the work on the Sistine Chapel was “largely done by one hand, except for relatively minor parts done by assistants”. “Towards the ...

In Michelangelo's painting "The Creation of Adam," reclining Adam, his left hand listlessly outstretched, awaits God's animating touch. The famous fresco forms the centerpiece ...