The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) who commissioned it. The three-storey brick building was created to serve as a space for meetings of the papal court. It was ...

A rare and previously unknown sketch by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo has gone on public display in Dubai this week ...

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 ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...

Pope Leo XIV has baptized 20 babies in the Sistine Chapel, continuing an annual tradition marking the end of the Christmas ...

Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday, marking his first baptismal ceremony as pontiff and continuing a long-standing Vatican tradition that concludes the Christmas season.

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 ...

A 5-inch chalk sketch of a man’s right foot could fetch at least $2 million after Christie’s auction house linked it to Michelangelo’s ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. The tiny drawing of the bare foot ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Full-scale digital recreation of Michelangelo's masterpiece debuting in Austin December 9th AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 9, ...