This drama-documentary series offers an account of three of Italy’s monumental artists—Leonardo, Raphael and, as played by ...

Medieval Historian Eleanor Janega takes a deep dive into the historical accuracy of Monty Python's Legendary 'The Holy Grail' ...

Michelangelo created his Pietà, now held in Saint Peter’s Bascilica in the Vatican, in 1498–99, and it is widely considered the most famous image of the Virgin Mary’s Lamentation.

“The Last Judgment” didn’t gain the same universal acclaim as the Sistine ceiling. Some of Michelangelo’s artistic contemporaries were surprised at the lack of balance and harmony in the ...

VATICAN CITY — The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the “must see” list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican. But as 133 of the world’s cardinals prepared to enter the ...

Michelangelo painted the Last Judgment fresco on the west wall for Pope Paul III between 1534 and 1541. The two gigantic frescoes are considered among the greatest achievements in Western artistic ...

A view of the fully restored 15th-century Sistine Chapel with the "Last Judgment " by Michelangelo is seen Dec. 10, 1999 after completing a 20-year revamping of this famous chamber where cardinals ...

Francis dramatically reshaped the group of prelates who will soon cast their votes for his successor in front of Michelangelo’s fresco of The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel.

Francis dramatically reshaped the group of prelates who will soon cast their votes for his successor in front of Michelangelo’s fresco of The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel.

Williamsburg, Va. The overwhelming grandeur, scope and vision of Michelangelo’s miraculous Sistine Chapel ceiling and “The Last Judgment” frescoes transcend reason and defy human capability.

Soon after Michelangelo died at age 88 in 1564, artist Daniele da Volterra was the first to censor the “Last Judgment,” and over the centuries, nearly 40 more coverings were added.