I doubt if today’s artists give the great Renaissance ... actual Michelangelo paintings in the exhibition shouldn’t come as a surprise: there don’t seem to be any from this period bar ...

If you’re a huge fan of Renaissance art, you should definitely take a trip to Florence, Naples or Rome. There are many ...

The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo, sculttore”, was also, in spite of himself, a painter. Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum ...

He notes, however, that it's more akin to a Roman Baroque painting, the period directly following the Renaissance ... rendered by masters from Michelangelo to Pietro Perugino and Giovanni Bellini.

The Sistine Chapel restoration brought new beauty and wonder to a Renaissance classic. It also brought a chorus of howling critics.

A few feet away, a pen-and-ink study of the Virgin and Child by Raphael – who arrived in Florence around 1504 – replicates part of this design; for an electrifying second, it feels as if we ...