The Florentine artist spent four years painting the challenging chapel against his will, but would have much rather been sculpting - Lucas Schifres/Getty Images Contributor Michelangelo never wanted ...

In one of the most recognizable and reproduced images ever created, a reclining Adam reaches out for the extended arm of his hovering God, who is enveloped in a crimson robe and surrounded by ...

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

A rare collection of sketches by Michelangelo, made in preparation for painting the Vatican's Sistine Chapel ceiling, is on display in the United States. The Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of ...

Michelangelo’s artistic masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel broke new ground in portraying the dynamic creative acts of God, but his work also depicts the combined importance of men and women through ...

You no longer need a plane ticket to Italy to see Michelangelo’s masterpiece at the Sistine Chapel. You can get even closer to it in Brooklyn. At Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition®, ...

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition showcases the awe and wonder of arguably one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements, while allowing its visitors to experience this art from an ...

God, saints, angels — and the most famous outstretched hands in world history — are reaching out to you, larger than life in “Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition” at the Connecticut Convention Center. The ...

Perhaps second only in fame to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Michelangelo's magnificent frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel opened to the public for the first time 500 years ago this week ...

It’s been half a millennium since Michelangelo finished painting the cavernous Sistine Chapel. Experts are still discovering hidden symbolism throughout his handiwork. Their latest revelation? The ...

GREEN BAY - Michelangelo's famed frescos from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City are on their way to downtown Green Bay. "Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition" is coming to the ...

It took Michelangelo 4 years to create the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Joanna Lopianowski-Roberts, who lives in Calif., worked an hour a day on the masterpiece. It took a total of 3,572 hours to ...