Olivares believes that Michelangelo gave the Geneva Last Judgement, trace of which were lost for over 100 years, to the artist Alessandro Allori, who used it as a model for his work in Florence's ...

The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction of the ... between 1508 and ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with art historian Kim Butler about the artwork that adorns the walls of the Sistine Chapel and its significance ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope.

The Sistine Chapel is located within the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican. Here are 5 ...

He later returned to paint The Last Judgment fresco on the altar wall ... when saltpetre was seen deposited on the painting’s surface by water leaking through the roof. Numerous restoration ...