Michelangelo may have secretly painted himself onto the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, portraying himself as God with arm outstretched to spark life in a lounging Adam. The theory, if true, ...

Researchers claim to have come across a figure of great importance in Michelangelo’s nearly 500-year-old painting, The Last Judgment. Located on an entire altar wall in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican ...

Scholar Adriano Marinazzo believes Michelangelo depicted himself as God in "The Creation of Adam," the famous fresco painting that adorns part of the chapel's ceiling. Getty Images See more of our ...

Before visiting this popular tourist attraction in Europe, get familiar with its strict no-photography rule and the ...

After Pope Francis died April 21 at age 88, cardinals from all over the world gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his funeral. Kings and queens, presidents and prime ministers and hundreds of thousands ...

Artist spent months in a chamber below the Medici Chapels to evade Pope Clement VII’s death sentence Michelangelo Buonarroti left behind a trail of artistic marvels, including his statue of David and ...

In this short Today in History video, I talk about what happened on 1 November 1512, when Michelangelo’s paintings on the ...

Did they find her using a Magda-fying glass? Researchers have claimed that Christ disciple Mary Magdalene may have been hiding in plain sight in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel masterpiece for nearly ...