William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art presents an illuminating exhibition of the Renaissance master’s drawings for the ...

Part of Michelangelo's work that adorns the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Italy. Credit: Getty Images It's all in the details. The Sistine Chapel can now be viewed from a whole new ...

Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.

Its front entrance is a weird hodgepodge ... Holy Crib in the Crypt of the Nativity below the high altar, but the Sistine Chapel lies to the right. Soaring columns and exquisite marble in the ...

The Italian master destroyed many of his drawings, intended for his eyes only, Muscarelle Museum of Art offers show of 25 ...

Attractions encompass the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums, making this city-state so immense (and notoriously crowded) that guided Vatican tours are highly recommended.

The Cardinals themselves sit on both sides of the Sistine Chapel ... The Cardinal Dean then calls the candidate to the front of the chapel and asks whether they are willing to accept.

Aides are still planning for the King and Queen to have an audience with Pope Francis despite remaining seriously ill with ...

And either white or black smoke signals from the Sistine Chapel are used to signify different stages in this super-secret election process. But what does each colour of the Sistine Chapel's smoke ...