A London exhibition shows how the three painters circled one another as rivals and role models in 16th-century Florence.

The Renaissance rivals Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael vied for the attention of wealthy Italian patrons during the early ...

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A new study by the University of Paris-Saclay suggests that the scene of ‘The Flood’ in the Sistine Chapel frescoes depicts a ...

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Everything from fashion, to contemporary art, to ancient relics has the Midas touch at the ostentatious (and very shiny) ...

For centuries, the faithful and the curious have crowded to gaze up at the Sistine Chapel's ceiling in awe of Michelangelo ...

The basilica, consecrated on Nov. 18, 1626, is a place of beauty and transcendence, prayer and worship. It is a place made ...

The painting is part of a series of frescoes that cover the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

There are plenty of standout moments in this tight, enterprising exhibition, which reconstructs what happened when three ...