Michelangelo was appalled ... the Great Flood, and the creation of Adam. His monumental figures were based on fragments of classical sculptures, and inspired by the perfection and beauty of ...

The Sistine Chapel is one of the Catholic Church's most sacred sites. It was painted by Michelangelo over four years in the High Renaissance style, but ho ...

William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art presents an illuminating exhibition of the Renaissance master’s drawings for the Sistine Chapel ceiling and ‘The Last Judgment.’ ...

Among them, The Creation of Adam stands out, depicting the poignant moment of God's touch giving life to man. Michelangelo's letters from that period revealed how the extreme physical strain ...

While Michelangelo is said to have created hundreds ... including iconic artworks such as The Creation of Adam and The Fall of Man. Shortly before he died in 1564, the Italian artist destroyed ...

Of the hundreds of drawings Michelangelo is thought to have ... chapel ceiling’s famous central panel depicting the “Creation ...