Step inside the awe-inspiring Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, where Michelangelo’s legendary ceiling frescoes—including The Creation of Adam—unfold above in breathtaking detail, offering a rare and ...

However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II, commissioned works by Michelangelo, who painted the ceiling and vaults depicting scenes from Genesis, including The Creation of Adam, between 1508 and 1512.

The Vatican said on Sunday it had received a ransom demand for the return of two rare documents written by Renaissance master Michelangelo that were stolen from its archives nearly 20 years ago.

It’s one of the rarest things an American museum could display: a piece of marble made marvelous by the hand of Michelangelo. About 300,000 people saw such a sight a few years ago in Pittsburgh ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Dust, sweat and carbon dioxide brought into the Sistine Chapel by a swelling number of tourists risk damaging priceless Michelangelo frescoes, the Vatican said on ...

Photo: Vatican Museum. Happy Birthday, Mike! Thursday, March 6, marks the 550th anniversary of the birth of Michelangelo Buonarroti. He won’t be blowing out any candles, ...