Research published in Current Directions in Psychological Science suggests that just as Michelangelo’s hand carves beauty from stone, “close partners sculpt one another’s selves, shaping one ...

Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo once said, “To touch is to give life.” Scientists and studies have long found ... Just five minutes of hand massage, for instance, can induce a physical ...

labeling this section as “The Battles of Leonardo and Michelangelo” as a nod to the contrasting focuses their preparatory studies had on expression and bodily movement, respectively. Raphael, after ...