Even 550 years after his birth, Michelangelo Buonarroti’s body of work appears to keep growing, with two works newly linked to his name.

New restoration work is helping art historians understand Michelangelo’s Bandini Pietà, one of the Renaissance master’s great unfinished sculptures. A preliminary cleaning has already revealed ...

ALEXANDRIA,Va., Sept. 21, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A full-sized replica of Michelangelo's La Pieta—the stunning sculpture depicting Mary cradling her son Jesus Christ after his crucifixion—may soon be ...

The Madonna and Child — a young Mary holding her son, Jesus, as an infant — is the prevailing depiction of Mary throughout cultures and time. The Pietà, Italian for “pity” or “compassion,” depicts ...

The iconic sculpture’s journey from the Vatican to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York was a monumental feat of faith and logistics. The book cover of ‘Our Lady of the World’s Fair’ by Ruth D. Nelson, ...

Max Ernst's Pietà, or Revolution by Night, in Tate Modern, is a gateway to the psychological power of one of the great themes of European religious art. Ernst's surrealist painting depicts a man – the ...

BRACHA: Pietà – Eurydice – Medusa is the largest comprehensive solo museum exhibition of Bracha’s work in the United States, featuring a range of works spanning the last four decades—oil paintings, ...

Msgr. Verdon said that the Vatican Pietà is the only one of the three to remain in the place it was intended for — above an altar in St. Peter’s Basilica. A close-up of the copy of Michelangelo's ...