Michelangelo’s famous frescoes at the Sistine Chapel were originally met with scorn, concern, and controversy.
Residents in St. Petersburg, Russia, will vote on whether or not to censor a 16-foot-tall plastic copy of Michelangelo‘s David, which has become the source of controversy in the city in recent days.
What are we to make of Michelangelo Buonarroti? Was he a man of true faith, or was he given over to the sins that marred his time? After all, it was the age of the Renaissance, when Europe basked in ...
Virginia Beach opened a big, shiny, new entertainment venue. Clipse rapped themselves back into the national spotlight. And ...
A simple photograph sent to Christie's by an unsuspecting owner has led to one of the most exciting art world discoveries in ...
If Michelangelo had been granted his dying wish, none of the hundred and thirty-three drawings currently hanging in “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, ...
As war rages in Ukraine and the pandemic lingers, Michelangelo’s celebrated Vatican Pietà — and two lesser-known figures he also sculpted — can be deeply meaningful to a pain-wracked world, says a ...
Calling Michelangelo's David iconic is something of an understatement: A monument of art history both literally and figuratively, it is undoubtedly the world's most famous sculpture-and, with a height ...
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. And ...
Michelangelo, arguably the most famous painter and sculptor in history, had a lesser-known alter ego: Michelangelo the architect. Self-taught at age 40, the Florentine artist spent the second half of ...
Complete with cracks, staining and other imperfections, a 3D printed copy of Michelangelo’s sculptural masterpiece David aims to be the most faithful replica of the statue ever made. The 17-foot copy ...