Michelangelo
Interesting Facts about Michelangelo
Michelangelo was one of the greatest artists that Italy has ever produced. He is admired by the world for his works depicting his excellence in arts. Read on for some interesting facts about Michelangelo.
Michelangelo Art Quotations
Quotations by the outstanding Sculptor, Painter, and Poet of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarotti.
The Two Michelangelos
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) and Michelangelo Caravaggio (1571-1609) were the two greatest artists of their time. Buonarroti, the archetypal Renaissance man, created prodigious amount of artwork in every field during his long life. And Caravaggio’s paintings changed and transformed the world after him; his work influenced new artists such as Vermeer, Velasquez, De la Tour, Rubens…
Jonathan Jones in Search of the Truth About Michelangelo
To mark the opening of a major new exhibition, Jonathan Jones traveled from the great dome of St Peter's in Rome to the Medici tombs in Florence in search of the truth about Michelangelo - arguably the greatest artist of all time.
Villagers Claim Church Fresco is Lost Michelangelo
Parishioner's confession leads to discovery of monogram behind altar.
Admire the Stage Instead
Jonathan Jones: Michelangelo's personality dominates every Vatican scene but his theology attracts less attention.
Vatican Wants £2m to Restore Michelangelo's Last Frescos
The Vatican is hoping to raise £2m to fund the restoration of Michelangelo's last two frescos, which are hidden from the public in a chapel where the Pope prays and reads mass to private audiences. The frescos - the Crucifixion of St Peter and the Conversion of St Paul - are faded...
Thin Grey Veil Lifted From Michelangelo's David
Emotions run high at unveiling of Renaissance masterpiece. Cinzia Parnigoni thanked everyone - from Tuscany's top arts official to the people who had mixed the paste with which she cleaned the world's most famous statue.
Carving of Christ Goes on Show
A small but anatomically perfect wooden Christ on the cross appears in Florence for the first time, billed as a hitherto unknown masterpiece by Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Restorers Find David's Ankle is Cracking Up
Michelangelo's statue David may be clean in time for his 500th birthday this year, but experts are concerned that his left ankle may not be strong enough to keep him standing forever. A team of experts at Bologna University has begun analysing tiny cracks in the marble masterpiece's left...
David is Stripped of Dirt - But Not Dignity
Expert restorer brushes up Michelangelo's statue in the teeth of international protests. Not many people get to look Michelangelo's David straight in the eyes. But Cinzia Parnigoni, equipped with brushes, a microscope and a bottle of distilled water, does so every day.
Michelangelo David - Why Dirty David needs a wash
Michelangelo's masterpiece David is causing a dispute in the international art world as experts bicker over how the Michelangelo statue of David should be cleaned ahead of its 500th birthday next year.
Michelangelo Masterpiece Goes Online
Tourists have been known to topple over backwards on to the marble floor while torturing their necks to study every detail of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the masterpiece on which Michelangelo struggled and cursed for four years. Now, at the click of a mouse, they will now be able...
New Lease of Life for Michelangelo's Secret Drawings
Experts in Florence are restoring drawings Michelangelo doodled on the walls of a cell-like room in which the artist hid for six weeks while the Medici family wanted him dead. Mould had sprouted and salts had risen up the walls of the dank room under the Medici chapel. It was there that...
Michelangelo Was Bought for Just $60
Michaelangelo drawing found in a box in a New York museum storeroom. When Sir Timothy Clifford opened the box marked "lighting fixtures II" at the back of the New York museum, he was not hoping for much.
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) and Michelangelo Caravaggio (1571-1609) were the two greatest artists of their time. Buonarroti, the archetypal Renaissance man, created prodigious amount of artwork in every field during his long life. And Caravaggio’s paintings changed and transformed the world after him; his work influenced new artists such as Vermeer, Velasquez, De la Tour, Rubens…
Jonathan Jones in Search of the Truth About Michelangelo
To mark the opening of a major new exhibition, Jonathan Jones traveled from the great dome of St Peter's in Rome to the Medici tombs in Florence in search of the truth about Michelangelo - arguably the greatest artist of all time.
Villagers Claim Church Fresco is Lost Michelangelo
Parishioner's confession leads to discovery of monogram behind altar.
Admire the Stage Instead
Jonathan Jones: Michelangelo's personality dominates every Vatican scene but his theology attracts less attention.
Vatican Wants £2m to Restore Michelangelo's Last Frescos
The Vatican is hoping to raise £2m to fund the restoration of Michelangelo's last two frescos, which are hidden from the public in a chapel where the Pope prays and reads mass to private audiences. The frescos - the Crucifixion of St Peter and the Conversion of St Paul - are faded...
Thin Grey Veil Lifted From Michelangelo's David
Emotions run high at unveiling of Renaissance masterpiece. Cinzia Parnigoni thanked everyone - from Tuscany's top arts official to the people who had mixed the paste with which she cleaned the world's most famous statue.
Carving of Christ Goes on Show
A small but anatomically perfect wooden Christ on the cross appears in Florence for the first time, billed as a hitherto unknown masterpiece by Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Restorers Find David's Ankle is Cracking Up
Michelangelo's statue David may be clean in time for his 500th birthday this year, but experts are concerned that his left ankle may not be strong enough to keep him standing forever. A team of experts at Bologna University has begun analysing tiny cracks in the marble masterpiece's left...
David is Stripped of Dirt - But Not Dignity
Expert restorer brushes up Michelangelo's statue in the teeth of international protests. Not many people get to look Michelangelo's David straight in the eyes. But Cinzia Parnigoni, equipped with brushes, a microscope and a bottle of distilled water, does so every day.
Michelangelo David - Why Dirty David needs a wash
Michelangelo's masterpiece David is causing a dispute in the international art world as experts bicker over how the Michelangelo statue of David should be cleaned ahead of its 500th birthday next year.
Michelangelo Masterpiece Goes Online
Tourists have been known to topple over backwards on to the marble floor while torturing their necks to study every detail of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the masterpiece on which Michelangelo struggled and cursed for four years. Now, at the click of a mouse, they will now be able...
New Lease of Life for Michelangelo's Secret Drawings
Experts in Florence are restoring drawings Michelangelo doodled on the walls of a cell-like room in which the artist hid for six weeks while the Medici family wanted him dead. Mould had sprouted and salts had risen up the walls of the dank room under the Medici chapel. It was there that...
Michelangelo Was Bought for Just $60
Michaelangelo drawing found in a box in a New York museum storeroom. When Sir Timothy Clifford opened the box marked "lighting fixtures II" at the back of the New York museum, he was not hoping for much.