WILLIAMSBURG — The Muscarelle Museum of Art’s commemoration of the 550th anniversary of Michelangelo’s birth is now on view from March 6 to May 28. “Michelangelo: The Genesis of the ...

Thursday, March 6, marks the 550th anniversary of the birth of Michelangelo Buonarroti. He won’t be blowing out any candles, of course, but his work retains its grip on the public imagination.

March 6 is an important date in Italian Renaissance art history as Michelangelo was born 550 years ago and a special ceremony took place in Florence. At 10am (Italian time) a number of invited guests ...

Spent eight months in the quarries of Carrara selecting marble for the tomb 1505-1545 Michelangelo worked on the tomb of Julius II on and off, in both Rome and Florence, carved Moses, the ...

The Buonarroti family tombstone has been restored by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure and Opera di Santa Croce, just in time for the artist's 550th birthday. Various Tuscan stones were used in the ...