When it comes to the High Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarotti (1475-1564) is as high as it gets. A peerless sculptor, expert draftsman, and reluctant but skilled painter, he was not only one of ...
For centuries, Caravaggio’s Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence hung in a small Baroque chapel in Sicily—until a pair of art thieves absconded with the canvas in 1969. Now, a contemporary ...
In The Story of Art, EH Gombrich mentions that Michelangelo initially refused the commission for frescoes in the vault. “He was convinced that this thankless commission had been palmed off on to him ...
Arte Povera artist Michelangelo Pistoletto has created a new version of Caravaggio's Nativity , stolen in 1969 from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Sicily, to pay tribute to the lost masterpiece.
We'll update this post as necessary. For years, a rumor circulated online that Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the most renowned artists of the Renaissance, painted an image of Jesus based on his ...