The Sistine Chapel restoration brought new beauty and wonder to a Renaissance classic. It also brought a chorus of howling ...

After three doctors fell in love with a fresco by Fra Angelico, they pledged to restore it so it could get its due when a ...

The Council of Nicaea convened during the pontificate of Pope Sylvester I in 325. The Vatican on Thursday released a ...

When it comes to the Renaissance greats, Raphael surely needs no introduction. His huge impact on the course of Western art ...

The Renaissance master, born 550 years ago, pursued various art forms with astonishing vision and relentless drive.

You Orta see Italy- it’s a big year for the land of romance, so Sarah Marshall picks her Italian highlights and urges ...

Vatican City With just 0.49 square kilometers ... where Michelangelo’s famous frescoes attract millions of visitors. Oh, and it has its own postal system, bank, and even an ATM in Latin!

Last year, nearly seven million tourists streamed into the Vatican, home of his Sistine Ceiling and “Last Judgment” frescoes. Two million flocked to the David in Florence in 2023, the most ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti wasn’t a great painter, per his own admission, especially compared to his contemporaries and students ...

“The ‘machine’ of the Vatican Museums then started ... to the revival of antiquity in Renaissance Italy and for the frescoes he produced while working as an artist for the court of Mantua.