A calculated flaw in perfection. New research suggests that Renaissance master artist Michelangelo Buonarroti had etched a ...

The painting is part of a series of frescoes that cover the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

A diverse team of experts is arguing that Michelangelo painted one woman in the Sistine Chapel with breast cancer, for ...

Production designer Suzie Davies tells IndieWire about blending Vatican grandeur with mundane modernity in Edward Berger's ...

Led by forensic pathologist Andreas G. Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo's fresco "The Flood" in the Sistine Chapel portrays ...

The fact modern doctors can recognize it reveals Michelangelo’s extraordinary capacity for and dedication to anatomical accuracy.

A hidden detail in Michelangelo’s "The Flood" may reveal a woman with breast cancer, adding a shocking twist to the iconic Sistine Chapel masterpiece.

For one thing, Davies wanted to tweak the layout of the chapel (and the painted flattage she was able to swipe from that warehouse) so that the film’s Sistine Chapel would feel more political.

Michelangelo was no stranger to death and disease. Unlike many contemporary artists who honed their craft by studying living ...

Being released the day the Synod on Synodality ended in Rome was probably no coincidence. Pope Francis is a trailblazer, ...