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 ...

Detail of Michelangelo’s Pietà. The master searched Carrara for months to find the perfect block of “statuario,” a revered type of pure white stone. Smith Archive / Alamy In antiquity ...

(CNN) — Behind the red-bricked facade and marble friezes of the National Gallery of Denmark, visitors are now able to see nearly all of Michelangelo’s existing sculptures — the “most ...