A London exhibition shows how the three painters circled one another as rivals and role models in 16th-century Florence.

How a rarely-seen drawing of the Three Graces by Raphael reveals the era's ideas about nudity, modesty, shame – and the ...

Ken Burns dives into the boundless curiosity at the core of Leonardo da Vinci's exploits in new PBS documentary.

Leonardo da Vinci vs. Michelangelo (with assists from Machiavelli) in Gary Graves' compelling drama at Berkeley City Club.

Every year, millions of visitors flock to the Sistine Chapel to admire the frescoes painted by Michelangelo during the Renaissance. The frescoes on the ceiling of the building depict various scenes ...

Florence, Italy, attracts millions of visitors each year and is well known for its art – art museums and galleries hou ...

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

Michelangelo may have depicted a woman suffering ... She is shown clutching her ribs just below her breast as men and women with children attempt to flee God’s flooding of the Earth in a chaotic ...

Michelangelo began painting figures in the Sistine Chapel in ... gluttony and sloth (the man with the barrel), anger (the people fighting in the boat), covetousness (the woman carrying her ...

Church of England clergy have declared that “God is not a white man” and are working to make images of Jesus more diverse.

the Royal Academy of Art’s (RA) winter exhibition is another High Renaissance showcase. Called Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, it is aiming to dramatise the competition between the three greats ...

A painting that is said to hide many secrets and deep meanings is the ‘Mona Lisa’. The portrait of a mysterious woman with a sly, beautiful smile has spoken to people in many languages and ...