MR. SYMONDS’S Life of Michelangelo 1 is the fourth exhaustive biography of the great master which has been issued in the past thirty years. This is a remarkable fact, not to be paralleled in the case ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti, “The Risen Christ” (c. 1532-3), black chalk on paper, 37.2 x 22.1 cm (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 ...

SAN ANTONIO — Born into poverty in 1475, Michelangelo Buonarroti was scorned as he grew up by his father and brothers for choosing the life of an artist. Artists then were seen as poorly paid ...

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 the ...

Michelangelo’s famous frescoes at the Sistine Chapel were originally met with scorn, concern, and controversy.

No ONE bus expressed the torment of his age with greater poignancy or with such volcanic and terrifying force. “Michelangelo is the hero as artist. . . . The quality of his genius, like his own dread ...

When you’re talking about the greatest artists of all time, a few names come to mind, like da Vinci, van Gogh, Picasso, Britney Spears, and so on. But you might name Michelangelo as the one who reigns ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Battle of Anghiari commission pits him against his rival, Michelangelo. In October 1503, Leonardo da Vinci begins work on a monumental mural, The Battle of Anghiari. But the ...

Bill Viola is a showman, seducing us with visual spectacle. In his hands, video has been upgraded from a humble recording device to a medium capable of addressing big ideas, or that’s the plan. To ...

Beginning May 4, 2024, Akron Art Museum will present Michelangelo Lovelace: Art Saved My Life, the first museum retrospective devoted to the artistic career of the late Michelangelo Lovelace ...