The most famous scene in the Sistine Chapel is The Creation of Adam. Part of Michelangelo's ceiling paintings, the fresco depicts God giving life ... of the first man. Their almost-touching ...

Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with art historian Kim Butler about the artwork that adorns the walls of the Sistine ... God with his divine finger infusing the Holy Spirit into the first created man ...

VATICAN CITY - It is one of the wonders of the world, attracting millions of visitors every year. But those now in Rome ...

To decorate the chapel's ceiling, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the man ... of painting the ceilings and vaults in only four years, finishing in 1512, according to the Musei Vaticani. The Sistine ...

Construction on the Sistine Chapel actually began ... it’s good to throw a sop to the boss man. Despite the legend of Michelangelo lying on his back painting all these scenes, we know from ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine ... showing God’s outstretched hand imparting the divine spark of life to the first man. The chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an art patron who oversaw ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine ... showing God’s outstretched hand imparting the divine spark of life to the first man. The chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an art patron who oversaw ...