Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 8, 1504, Michelangelo’s towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy. The 17-foot-tall, ...

An exhibition at the Louvre shows how the two artists, working centuries apart, found common ground in the vital force of ...

How would Lovelace’s work have evolved if he had achieved a benchmark such as the Akron exhibition while he was alive? Why did he begin reaching bigger audiences so late in his life? Would his work ...

Michelangelo was one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, revered for masterpieces like the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the statue of David. But early in his career Michelangelo was involved in ...

Michelangelo Buonarotti’s 550th birthday came this week, and to mark the occasion, a restoration of the family tombstone in the basilica of Santa Croce in Florence was unveiled. Promoted by the Opera ...

In The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo’s masterpiece on the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling, God extends a finger to animate the world’s first man with the spark of life. But what if the famed fresco is ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti, study for ‘The Last Judgement', Black chalk on paper (The Trustees of the British Museum) So a show on the great man’s “last decades” should be enough to stop even the most ...

Artist Philip Colbert displays his modern reimagining of "The Manchester Madonna" next to the original housed at London's National Gallery. A contemporary artist who crams his canvases full of pop ...

Renaissance artist Michelangelo ordered many of his artworks to be hidden by his pupils in a secret room to protect them for posterity, an Italian researcher claimed Wednesday. According to renowned ...

An outdoor art installation by Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto was destroyed Wednesday after it was set on fire outside Naples’ City Hall. The fire was set around dawn and left ...