Is there anything left to say about the Sistine Chapel? Adriano Marinazzo ... It was about emotional responses to the work.” The book, which also includes interviews with the artists Carrie ...

One cloudy and rainy morning, just after the freakin’ time change (because nothing says “tyranny” like the government taking ...

Book your tours in advance ... and food guides often have the best recommendations. The Sistine Chapel isn't the only place to admire Michelangelo's works. Many tourists feel underwhelmed or ...

In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...

Tour guides are knowledgeable and personable, and have great relationships with the eateries featured on the tour. Guides are ...

Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound ...

Treating the saucy incident in her 1989 book I Modi: The Sixteen Pleasures ... (including Michelangelo’s Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel). While it has not been proven that the Vatican ...

With its implication that the young woman isn’t as chaste as she should be, the marriage-prospect-derailing portrait triggers ducal panic and the deployment of the city-state’s best investigative ...

One reason the mystery genre has remained popular is its infinite adaptability. Someone can get whacked anywhere and once you’ve got a corpse, the game’s afoot! French writer Laurent Binet’s ...

Tickets tend to sell out quickly, so book your spot well ahead of your ... Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter’s Basilica Guided Tour ...

The Italian Renaissance is, perhaps the most famous period in history. In Caprarola, there is building that embodies all that ...