What Gayford does best is to get up close and personal with an artist, preferably one still living. Over a relatively short, intense period of time he is able to explore the fragile and fleeting act ...

Michelangelo once expressed in one of his poems, "I know I am ugly." Not only was he insecure about his physical and facial appearance, family background, and sexuality, but also had a notorious ...

George Bull’s biography of Michelangelo serves to remind us that even if the commission for the Sistine Chapel had gone to somebody else, the world would still be resounding with praise for the ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest artist of his times was born in Caprese, Italy on March 6, 1475. Painter, sculptor and architect, he is still remembered one of the greatest minds till today. In ...

He had a terrible temper. He obsessed over money and social position, but lived in self-imposed squalor. Never a team player, he would neither delegate nor listen to advice. He made enemies and tried ...

Michelangelo’s list of magnum opuses includes his most famous amongst the Pietas, “La Madonna Della Pieta” (1498-99), which depicts the body of Jesus in the lap of Mother Mary after the Crucifixion.

The overwhelming grandeur, scope and vision of Michelangelo’s miraculous Sistine Chapel ceiling and “The Last Judgment” frescoes transcend reason and defy human capability. Comprising more than 600 ...

A detail from “The Last Judgment,” one of six works featured in Miles J. Unger’s book about Michelangelo. Wikipedia The High Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti’s long life (1475-1564) spanned ...