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

Reach out and touch — one example of drawings an album of rare 16th century drawings after figures in Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment altarpiece in Vatican City’s Sistine Chapel ...

A "hidden message" has been discovered in one of Michelangelo's most famous artworks ... believe is the face of Mary Magdalene in The Last Judgement. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Sara ...

The period marks Michelangelo’s definitive return to Rome in 1534 and his subsequent projects for successive popes, patrons and associates. His major works of the time—The Last Judgement in ...

The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo, sculttore”, was also, in spite of himself, a painter. Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum ...

In 1534, Michelangelo Buonarroti left his native Florence for the final time. He had been summoned to Rome to work for Pope Clement VII, and would spend the rest of his life there. He was already ...