A small chalk drawing of a foot, made more than 500 years ago by the famous Italian artist Michelangelo, has sold for $27.2 million (£20 million.) The sketch is just 13cm long and experts think it was ...

The Torment of Saint Anthony is the earliest surviving work attributed to Michelangelo, painted by him in 1487 or 1488 when ...

A dusty old foot sketch, quietly passed down through a family, just turned out to be Michelangelo’s work. One casual photo upload later, it walked straight into a $23 million auction shocker.

The 11 essays published in the posthumous volume, Michelangelo’s Painting: Selected Essays by Leo Steinberg (edited by Sheila Schwartz, University of Chicago Press, 2019), discuss Michelangelo’s early ...

The Florentine artist spent four years painting the challenging chapel against his will, but would have much rather been sculpting - Lucas Schifres/Getty Images Contributor Michelangelo never wanted ...

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — A new exhibit in Pigeon Forge lets families see examples of world-famous images painted by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, for a fraction of the cost of seeing ...

There’s a scientific secret hiding in one of the most famous paintings of all time. It resides on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, as God gives Adam the first spark of life.

The greatest paintings usually magnify the beauty and morals of the civilizations that produced them, inspiring countless other artists, writers and satirists for centuries to come. Artists such as ...

One of the most famous artists of all time, Renaissance master Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is known for many things: his decoration of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel (which is currently ...

A single painting can sometimes conceal many secrets. Here, we take a look at 10 famous artworks that are known for their ...