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

The extraordinary is everywhere in the Eternal City, and the best thing about this second Sistine Chapel is that you won’t ...

The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...

At the turn of the 16th century, Pope Julius II commissioned a reluctant Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. Michelangelo considered himself more of a sculptor ...

The overwhelming grandeur, scope and vision of Michelangelo’s miraculous Sistine Chapel ceiling and “The Last Judgment” frescoes transcend reason and defy human capability. Comprising more ...

1508-1512 – Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. February 11, 1929 – The signing of the Lateran Pacts between the Holy See and Italy establishes Vatican City State ...

Other famous Italian frescoes include Michelangelo's decoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, inside the Vatican, and Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, painted on the wall of the Santa Maria ...

Thursday, March 6, the Muscarelle Museum of Art unveiled its new exhibition, “Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine,” to the public. The exhibition celebrates Michelangelo’s famous paintings on the ...

If the current pope were to pass away, another would be elected by the Vatican's cardinals to take his place. And either white or black smoke signals from the Sistine Chapel are used to signify ...

The exhibition runs through May 28 and features 25 sketches he made while planning designs for his fresco on the ceiling and altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It’s the type of art ...

The impressive dome ceiling in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome.Credit: Getty Images However, the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel is not the only one in Rome. And the one inside the Basilica ...

Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...