the transcendent spirituality of Michelangelo's paintings and the true meaning of working inside the Vatican. The ancient Romans believed that every place had a genius loci, a guardian deity that ...

Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday perio ...

Steinberg further notes that “the Vatican’s Master of Ceremonies [Biagio] complained of the nudities in the Sistine Last Judgment even before the fresco was finished.” Michelangelo’s work ...

Renaissance figure Michelangelo may have depicted a woman ... one of a series from the Book of Genesis covering the vault of ...

The Vatican Codex (Codex Vaticanus ... To claim his creation, he carved, “Michelangelo from Florence made this,” onto Mary’s sash. He wasn’t known to leave this kind of signature on ...

Eight years before, the limited premier edition of The Szyk Haggadah I created (2006-08) had been donated to the Vatican ...

Vatican City is not only Europe’s smallest country but ... If you enjoy art, you should see Michelangelo's famous La Pietà sculpture which is considered by many to be the most moving piece of ...

At the basilica, we saw Michelangelo’s Pietà and the guide explained why it’s the only work the artist actually signed. Along the tour, you’ll see masterpieces from the Vatican Museums ...

Pope Francis baptized 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday, continuing an annual tradition marking the end of the Christmas season at the Vatican. Under Michelangelo's iconic frescoes, the ...

The pontiff personally administered the sacrament of baptism on the infants, who are the children of Vatican employees working at the Holy See. The celebration marks the feast day that recalls Jesus’ ...

In what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican, Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by ...