The Renaissance master, born 550 years ago, pursued various art forms with astonishing vision and relentless drive.

The Vatican Museums' Laocoön and His Sons is long considered an exemplar of Hellenistic artistry—but what if it was actually ...

Faithful walk past Michelangelo’s Pieta’ at the end of a mass celebrated ... resurrecting from the dead before striking the sculpture’s marble 15 times with a hammer. The New York Times ...

Through its intricate detail, the young artist proved that he could turn lifeless blocks of marble alive. advertisement He was an absolute perfectionist as well. While sculpting the Pieta, he had ...

The 72-year-old Countess Ottavia Sanseverino has always let the tourists in, interrupting her meals and muddying her gleaming marble floors ... to put their Pieta up for sale.

Spent eight months in the quarries of Carrara selecting marble for the tomb 1505-1545 Michelangelo worked on the tomb of Julius II on and off, in both Rome and Florence, carved Moses, the ...

Another inspiration was Carrara, the Italian town that's home to the massive marble quarry that serves as the setting for one of The Brutalist's most upsetting scenes. Related: Adrien Brody breaks ...

Visit Pietà: A Mother’s Lament in the Stuart and Mimi Rose Gallery through May 9. For more information, see go.udayton.edu/pieta. Daily Lenten reflections written by vowed Marianists and Marianist ...

The Resilience probe is healthy and hitting milestones. It will land on the moon on June 5, ispace says. The private Resilience moon lander now has a target touchdown date. The Tokyo-based company ...