The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is pictured. Michelangelo painted the biblical scenes between 1508 and 1512. Corbis via Getty Images “He’s hidden himself in the ceiling,” the scholar asserted.

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 ...

When awarded the commission to paint the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo was doubted by critics. Silencing them, his beautiful brushstrokes came to embody the peak of Renaissance art.

Michelangelo returned to paint "The Last Judgment" fresco on the west wall of the chapel between 1536 and 1541, at the behest of Pope Paul III.. The nudity depicted in the paintings was ...

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 ...

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.

Michelangelo may have secretly painted himself onto the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, portraying himself as God with arm outstretched to spark life in a lounging Adam. The theory, if ...

Michelangelo‘s famed Sistine Chapel is coming to cities across the U.S. thanks to high-resolution, nearly full-scale reproductions of the artist’s famed frescoes. (The originals, of course ...

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is a transcendent work of genius that will never be exhausted through looking or describing.

(From left) Tery Sarver, from North Chesterfield, and Kathryn Coker, from Richmond, visit the exhibit "Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel," a collection of the artist's renowned ceiling frescoes from ...