In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century.. However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II ...

Researchers have claimed that Christ disciple Mary Magdalene may have been hiding in plain sight in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel masterpiece for nearly 500 years. The sneaky figure's identity was ...

"Maine’s Sistine Chapel" or the South Solon Meeting House, in Waterville, Maine, is covered with 70-year-old fresco murals painted by artists in the 1950s.

Michelangelo unveils the Sistine Chapel ceiling, but the process prompts a crisis of faith. ... He wants to make art that reflects the depth of his faith. ♪ Wallace: It's difficult labor.

Maine’s hidden ‘Sistine Chapel’ inspires artists with 70-year-old frescoes The murals were painted by artists in the 1950s and have been appreciated by visitors for decades.

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.

The exhibit brings Michelangelo’s masterpiece to New York City. Photo courtesy of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition. Utilizing exclusively licensed images from Bridgeman Images, one of the ...

Even without the chapel, the Vatican Museums contain one of the great art collections, stretching from ancient Roman sculptures to 19th- and 20th-century masters such as Van Gogh and Matisse.

The beginning . The project of the Sistine Chapel began in 1473, when a previous building on the site was destroyed, but the wall base and asymmetrical plan of the building remained as it was ...